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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.58 | Registration With Department.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
No nonpublic school or entity shall receive payments from an eligible applicant for services for a qualified special education child under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program until the school or entity registers with the department of education and workforce. The department shall register and designate as a registered private provider any nonpublic school or entity that meets the following requirements:
(A) The school or entity complies with the antidiscrimination provisions of 42 U.S.C. 2000d, regardless of whether the school or entity receives federal financial assistance.
(B) If the school or entity is not chartered by the director of education and workforce under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code, the school or entity agrees to comply with sections 3319.39, 3319.391, and 3319.392 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district.
(C) The teaching and nonteaching professionals employed by the school or entity, or employed by any subcontractors of the school or entity, hold credentials determined by the state board of education to be appropriate for the qualified special education children enrolled in the special education program it operates.
(D) The school's or entity's educational program shall be approved by the department.
(E) The school or entity meets applicable health and safety standards established by law.
(F) The school or entity agrees to retain on file documentation as required by the department.
(G) The school or entity agrees to provide a record of the implementation of the individualized education program for each qualified special education child enrolled in the school's or entity's special education program, including evaluation of the child's progress, to the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school, in the form and manner prescribed by the department.
(H) The school or entity agrees that, if it declines to enroll a particular qualified special education child, it will notify in writing the eligible applicant of its reasons for declining to enroll the child.
Last updated September 19, 2023 at 3:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.581 | Scholarship Provider Tuition Rate Report.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Not later than the thirtieth day of June each year, each alternative public provider and registered private provider enrolling students receiving a scholarship shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, the tuition rates charged by the provider for the following school year.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 11:48 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.59 | Revocation of Registration.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall revoke the registration of any school or entity if, after a hearing, the department determines that the school or entity is in violation of any provision of section 3310.522 or 3310.58 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:22 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.60 | Student Transportation.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
A qualified special education child attending a special education program at an alternative public provider or a registered private provider with a scholarship shall be entitled to transportation to and from that program in the manner prescribed by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.61 | Withdrawal of Child From Public Special Education Program to Attend Alternative Public or Private Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
An eligible applicant on behalf of a child who currently attends a public special education program under a contract, compact, or other bilateral agreement, or on behalf of a child who currently attends a community school, shall not be prohibited from applying for and accepting a scholarship so that the applicant may withdraw the child from that program or community school and use the scholarship for the child to attend a special education program operated by an alternative public provider or a registered private provider.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.62 | Individualized Education Program and Award Status.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A scholarship under the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program shall not be awarded for the first time to an eligible applicant on behalf of a qualified special education child while the child's individualized education program is being developed by the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school, or by the child's school district of residence if different, or while any administrative or judicial mediation or proceedings with respect to the content of that individualized education program are pending.
(B) Development of individualized education programs subsequent to the one developed for the child the first time a scholarship was awarded on behalf of the child and the prosecuting, by the eligible applicant on behalf of the child, of administrative or judicial mediation or proceedings with respect to any of those subsequent individualized education programs do not affect the applicant's and the child's continued eligibility for scholarship payments.
(C) In the case of any child for whom a scholarship has been awarded, if the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school has agreed to provide some services for the child under an agreement entered into with the eligible applicant or with the alternative public provider or registered private provider implementing the child's individualized education program, or if the district is required by law to provide some services for the child, including transportation services under sections 3310.60 and 3327.01 of the Revised Code, the district shall not discontinue the services it is providing pending completion of any administrative proceedings regarding those services. The prosecuting, by the eligible applicant on behalf of the child, of administrative proceedings regarding the services provided by the district does not affect the applicant's and the child's continued eligibility for scholarship payments.
(D) The department of education and workforce shall continue to make payments to the eligible applicant under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code while either of the following are pending:
(1) Administrative or judicial mediation or proceedings with respect to a subsequent individualized education program for the child referred to in division (B) of this section;
(2) Administrative proceedings regarding services provided by the district under division (C) of this section.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:23 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.63 | Requests for Data Verification Code.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Only for the purpose of administering the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program, the department of education and workforce may request from any of the following entities the data verification code assigned under division (D)(2) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code to any qualified special education child for whom a scholarship is sought under the program:
(1) The school district in which the child is entitled to attend school;
(2) If applicable, the community school in which the child is enrolled;
(3) The independent contractor engaged to create and maintain data verification codes.
(B) Upon a request by the department under division (A) of this section for the data verification code of a qualified special education child or a request by the eligible applicant for the child for that code, the school district or community school shall submit that code to the department or applicant in the manner specified by the department. If the child has not been assigned a code, because the child will be entering kindergarten during the school year for which the scholarship is sought, the district shall assign a code to that child and submit the code to the department or applicant by a date specified by the department. If the district does not assign a code to the child by the specified date, the department shall assign a code to the child.
The department annually shall submit to each school district the name and data verification code of each child residing in the district who is entering kindergarten, who has been awarded a scholarship under the program, and for whom the department has assigned a code under this division.
(C) The department shall not release any data verification code that it receives under this section to any person except as provided by law.
(D) Any document relative to the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program that the department holds in its files that contains both a qualified special education child's name or other personally identifiable information and the child's data verification code shall not be a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3310 | Elementary and Secondary Scholarship Programs › Section 3310.64 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures necessary to implement sections 3310.51 to 3310.63 of the Revised Code including, but not limited to, procedures for parents to apply for scholarships, standards for registered private providers, and procedures for registration of private providers.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:26 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.01 | Styling of School Districts.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The school districts of the state shall be styled "city school districts," "local school districts," "exempted village school districts," and "cooperative education school districts"; and joint vocational school districts may be styled either "joint vocational school districts" or "vocational school districts."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.02 | City School District Defined.

Effective:
January 9, 1981
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 386 - 113th General Assembly
The territory within the corporate limits of each city, excluding the territory detached therefrom for school purposes and including the territory attached thereto for school purposes, constitutes a city school district. When a city is reduced to a village, the city school district shall thereupon become a local school district, except that when a city is reduced to a village but its city school district includes within its boundaries all or part of two or more municipal corporations, the aggregate population of which totals five thousand or more as determined by the preceding federal census, it may, by a majority vote of the school board, remain a city school district. An exempted village school district which includes within its boundaries all or part of two or more municipal corporations, the aggregate population of which totals five thousand or more as determined by the preceding federal census, may, with the approval of the state board of education, become a city school district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.03 | Local School District Defined.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
Each school district, other than a city school district, exempted village school district, joint vocational school district, or district then known as a county school district, in existence on September 16, 1943, shall be known as a "local school district" and shall continue to be known as a "local school district" until it has lost its identity as a separate school district or has acquired a different styling as provided by law. All school districts created after September 16, 1943 and prior to July 1, 1995, other than city school districts, exempted village school districts, districts then known as county school districts, or joint vocational school districts, shall be known as "local school districts." After July 1, 1995, no school districts other than city, joint vocational, local, and cooperative education districts may be created. In addition to school districts, educational service centers may be created after such date.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.04 | Exempted Village School District Defined.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly
Each school district known as an exempted village school district on September 16, 1943, shall be known as an "exempted village school district" and shall continue to be known as an exempted village school district until it has lost its identity as a separate school district or has acquired a different styling as provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.05 | Educational Service Center Defined - County School Financing District.

Effective:
December 21, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 157 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The territory within the territorial limits of a county, or the territory included in a district formed under section 3311.053 of the Revised Code, exclusive of the territory embraced in any city school district or exempted village school district, and excluding the territory detached therefrom for school purposes and including the territory attached thereto for school purposes constitutes an educational service center. If the educational service center in which the territory of a local school district is located is dissolved under section 3311.0510 of the Revised Code, the territory of that local school district shall not constitute part of any educational service center.
(B) A county school financing district created under section 3311.50 of the Revised Code is not the school district described in division (A) of this section or any other school district but is a taxing district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.055 | School Board, Board of Education and School District Construed.

Effective:
June 30, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term "school board" or "board of education" is used without expressly referring to boards governing city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school districts, or some specific combination thereof, the term shall be construed to include the governing boards of educational service centers.
Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term "school district" is used without expressly referring to city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school districts, or some specific combination thereof, the term shall be construed to include educational service centers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.056 | Plan for Adding Appointed Members to Board.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The elected members of an educational service center governing board may by resolution adopt a plan for adding appointed members to that governing board. A plan may provide for adding to the board a number of appointed members that is up to one less than the number of elected members on the board except that the total number of elected and appointed board members shall be an odd number. A plan shall provide for the terms of the appointed board members. The appointed board members in each plan shall be appointed by a majority vote of the full number of elected members on the board and vacancies shall be filled as provided in the plan. Each plan shall specify the qualifications for the appointed board members of an educational service center including the experience, knowledge, and skills that advance the mission and vision of the service center. Appointed members may be representative of the client school districts of the service center that are not otherwise represented on the board. As used in this section, "client school district" has the same meaning as in section 3311.0510 of the Revised Code.
A governing board adopting a plan under this section shall submit the plan to the department of education and workforce for approval. The department may approve or disapprove a plan or make recommendations for modifications in a plan. A plan shall take effect thirty days after approval by the department and, when effective, appointments to the board shall be made in accordance with the plan.
The elected members of the governing board of an educational service center with a plan in effect under this section may adopt, by unanimous vote of all the elected members, a resolution to revise or rescind the plan in effect under this section. All revisions shall comply with the requirements in this section for appointed board members. A resolution revising or rescinding a plan shall specify the dates and manner in which the revision or rescission is to take place. The revision or rescission of a plan shall be submitted to the department for approval. The department may approve or disapprove a revision or rescission of a plan or make recommendations for modifications. Upon approval of a revision or rescission by the department, the revised plan or rescission of the plan shall go into effect as provided in the revision or rescission.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:36 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.057 | Service Center Board Following Merger.

Effective:
June 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Any educational service center that is formed by merging two or more educational service centers or former county school districts may determine the number of members of its governing board and whether the members are to be elected at large or by subdistrict, provided each board shall have an odd number of members.
(B) The governing board of each service center that is merging to form the new service center shall include identical provisions for electing the new service center's governing board in its resolution adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 3311.053 of the Revised Code. If there is any transition period between the effective date of the merger of the service centers and the assumption of control of the new service center by the new board, the resolutions shall include provisions for an interim governing board which shall be appointed to govern the service center until the time the new board is elected and assumes control of the service center.
(C) Any provisions for electing a governing board adopted pursuant to division (B) of this section may provide for the election of members at large, may provide for the establishment of subdistricts within the district, or may require some members to be elected at large and some to be elected from subdistricts. If subdistricts are included, the resolutions shall specify the manner in which their boundaries are to be drawn. The provisions shall attempt to ensure that each elected member of the board represents an equal number of residents of the service center. To accomplish this, any subdistrict containing a multiple of the number of electors in another subdistrict, may elect at-large within that subdistrict, a number of board members equal to the multiple that its population is of the population of the other subdistrict.
(D) The provisions for selecting board members set forth in the latest resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall remain the method of electing board members within that educational service center.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.058 | When Merger to Achieve Minimum Average Daily Membership Not Required.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 45.32 of Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of the 121st General Assembly, 146 Ohio Laws 900, 1805, as subsequently amended, or in Chapter 3311. of the Revised Code, no educational service center shall be required to merge in order to achieve any prescribed minimum average daily membership if such a merger will cause the territory of the resultant joint educational service center to comprise more than eight hundred square miles.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.062 | Forming District From Noncontiguous Districts.

Effective:
September 5, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
Notwithstanding anything prohibiting the existence of school districts with noncontiguous territory in section 3311.06 or 3311.37 of the Revised Code or in any other section of this chapter, a new school district may be formed under this chapter after the effective date of this section from the territory of noncontiguous school districts, provided that the board of education of any school district containing territory lying between the noncontiguous portions of such a new school district adopts a resolution approving the establishment of the new district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.07 | Change of Classification Upon Advancement.

Effective:
November 21, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 336 - 110th General Assembly
When a local or exempted village school district contains within its territorial boundaries the major portion of the territory lying within the corporate limits of a village advanced to a city, such school district may be BY a majority vote of the full membership of such board of education, declare that such local or exempted village school district shall become a city school district, such change to become effective the next succeeding first day of July.
In the event a minor portion of the territory lying within the corporate limits of a village advanced to a city is contained within the territorial boundaries of a local or exempted village school district other than the school district containing the major portion of the territory lying within the corporate limits of such village, such territory shall remain a part of such local or exempted village school district until transferred to another school district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.08 | School Districts That May Become Exempt From Board Supervision - Census.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The board of education of any local school district which contains within its territorial boundaries:
(A) All the territory lying within the corporate limits of a village having a population of three thousand or more according to the last federal census;
(B) All the territory lying within the corporate limits of a village having a population of two thousand or more according to the last federal census and a population outside the corporate limits of said village, as determined by a census taken by such board, sufficient to make the total population of such district three thousand or more, may, by a majority vote of the full membership of such board, declare that such district be exempt from the supervision of the governing board of the educational service center.
When the board of education of a local school district notifies the governing board of the educational service center on or before the first day of May in any year, that it has adopted, by a majority vote of its full membership, a declaration that such local school district shall be exempt from the supervision of the educational service center governing board, such local school district shall be exempt from the supervision of the educational service center governing board for the school year commencing the first day of July following the date of such notification.
The local school district so exempted from the supervision of the educational service center governing board shall be known as an "exempted village school district" until its status as an exempted village school district has been changed.
A census taken by the board of a local school district, of territory outside the corporate limits of a village, shall be taken by persons appointed by such board. Each person so appointed shall take an oath or affirmation to take such a census accurately and shall make the return under oath to the treasurer of the board. The treasurer shall send certified copies of such census to the county auditor and to the director of education and workforce. Such census shall be approved by the director before the school district is deemed to have sufficient population to meet the requirements of an exempted village school district.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:43 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.10 | Change of Classification Upon Reduction of Population in Village School District - Exception.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
If an exempted village school district fails to contain within its territorial boundaries territory lying within the corporate limits of a village having a population, according to the latest federal census of two thousand or more, such exempted village school district shall become a local school district, subject to the supervision of the educational service center governing board for the school year commencing the first day of July following the publication by the secretary of state of such census, and thereafter. This section does not apply to any exempted village school district organized as such exempted village school district prior to June 1, 1943.
The board of education of an exempted village school district that contains within its boundaries all or part of two or more municipal corporations, the aggregate population of which totals five thousand or more as determined by the preceding federal census, may, by a majority vote of the full membership of the board, propose that such district become a city school district. The proposal shall be filed with the state board of education. The state board of education shall either approve or disapprove the proposal and shall notify, in writing, the board of education of the district of its decision within ninety days of the day on which the proposal was received.
A school district created by the state board of education under section 3311.37 of the Revised Code which includes any combination of two or more exempted village or local school districts may be designated as a city school district by the state board of education, provided the aggregate population of the newly created district totals five thousand or more as determined by the last federal or special census and provided there is contained within its boundaries all or part of a municipal corporation.
When a governing board of an educational service center is dissolved pursuant to section 3311.37 of the Revised Code the employees shall be assured the opportunity of continued employment in the newly created school district in similar positions at no reduction in salary until the expiration of the existing contracts. Nonteaching school employees of city school districts, created pursuant to this section, shall not be employed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, except that sick leave shall be granted pursuant to section 124.38 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.11 | New School District to Be Approved by General Assembly.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
If the state board of education adopts a resolution under this chapter proposing the creation of a new city or local school district that was not in operation during the 2004-2005 school year, the district shall not be created unless both houses of the general assembly approve the creation of the district through passage of a concurrent resolution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.16 | Plan for Joint Vocational School District.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Any local, exempted village, or city board of education, any educational service center governing board, or any combination of boards of such districts and centers, referred to in sections 3311.16, 3311.17, and 3311.18 of the Revised Code as the initiating unit, may make or contract for the making of a study pertaining to the need to establish within one county, or within an area comprised of two or more adjoining counties, a joint vocational school district, and for the preparation of a plan for the establishment and operation of a joint vocational school district covering the territory of two or more school districts within such county or counties. Any local, exempted village, or city school district in the county or counties may participate with the initiating unit in the cost of such study and plan. Such plan shall be submitted to the department of education and workforce by the initiating unit.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:44 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.17 | Copy of Plan to Be Filed With Board of Each District.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
On approval of the plan by the department of education and workforce, the initiating unit shall file a copy of such plan with the board of education of each district whose territory is proposed to be included in the proposed joint vocational school district. Within thirty days after receiving such copy, such board of education shall determine whether its district shall become a part of the proposed joint vocational school district. If one or more boards of education decide not to become a part of such proposed district, a revised plan shall be prepared by the initiating unit, and if such revised plan is approved by the department, such initiating unit shall file the revised plan with the board of education of each district whose territory is proposed to be included in the proposed joint vocational school district. Within thirty days thereafter, each such district shall determine whether its district shall become a part of the proposed joint vocational school district.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:45 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.18 | Creation of Joint Vocational School Districts.

Effective:
February 21, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly
Subject to the consent of the board of education of each school district whose territory is proposed to be included within a joint vocational school district, the initiating unit may create a joint vocational school district within the county or within an area comprised of two or more adjoining counties, composed of the territory of all the school districts whose boards of education have approved the formation of the joint vocational school district. The effective date for the establishment of such district shall be designated by the initiating unit. The boards of education of the school districts participating in the establishment of a joint vocational school district may participate on a proportional basis in meeting the administrative, clerical, and other expenses necessary to the establishment and operation of a joint vocational school district until funds are otherwise provided. A school district shall not lose its separate identity or legal existence by reason of becoming a part of a joint vocational school district. Expenditures made by a school district participating in the establishment of a joint vocational school district for meeting the administrative, clerical, and other expenses necessary to the establishment and operation of a joint vocational school district until such time as the joint vocational school district commences to receive revenues as provided by law are hereby ratified and declared to have been lawfully made, the same as if such contributions had been lawful at the time they were made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.191 | Terms of Additional Members.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, if a joint vocational school district has an even number of member districts each appointing a member to the joint vocational school district board of education and the joint vocational school district's plan on file with the department of education and workforce provides for one additional board member to be appointed on a rotating basis by one of the appointing boards, the term of that additional member shall be for one year. The additional member shall otherwise meet the requirements for joint vocational school board members prescribed by section 3311.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) If an additional member of a joint vocational school district board appointed on a rotating basis, as described in division (A)(1) of this section, was appointed on or after September 29, 2013, but prior to September 29, 2015, that member may continue in office until the expiration of the member's current term of office. If such member vacates that office for any reason prior to the expiration of that member's term, a new additional member shall be appointed according to the rotational basis prescribed by the district's plan, and that member shall serve for the remainder of the vacating member's term. Thereafter, the term of office of the additional member shall be as prescribed by division (A)(1) of this section.
(B) A joint vocational school district board of education may submit an application to the department for approval to revise its membership plan to stagger the members' terms of office. Each board may do so only one time. The application shall include the revisions proposed to be made to members' terms, the manner by which the terms shall be staggered, and any other information the department requires.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:47 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.20 | Bond Issue - Annual Levy.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
A joint vocational school district board of education by a vote of at least two-thirds of its full membership may, at any time, submit to the electors of the joint vocational school district the question of issuing bonds of such district for the purpose of paying the cost of purchasing a site or enlargement thereof, and for the erection and equipment of buildings, or for the purpose of enlarging, improving, or rebuilding thereof, and also the necessity of a levy of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and retire such bonds. The proceedings for such election and for the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be the same as required of a board of education by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, provided that such bond issue may be submitted to the electors and such bonds may be issued for any one or more improvements which the district is authorized to acquire or construct, notwithstanding the fact that such improvements may not be for one purpose under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Notes may be issued in anticipation of such bonds as provided in section 133.22 of the Revised Code. The joint vocational school district board of education shall be the taxing authority of the district as this term is used in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. The annual levy necessary to pay the debt charges on such bonds shall be extended by the auditor of each county in which territory of the joint vocational school district is located on the tax lists of the school districts in his county participating in the joint vocational school district for each year for which the levy is made and shall be placed for collection on the tax duplicates of such districts in his county to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes on such duplicates. Such taxes authorized by this section when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the joint vocational school district and deposited by him to the credit of the bond retirement fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.211 | Tuition - Acceptance of Funds.

Effective:
October 26, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 620 - 104th General Assembly
The board of education of the joint vocational school district shall be authorized to charge and collect tuition for the attendance of pupils who are school residents of districts not a part of the joint vocational school district pursuant to arrangements made between the board of education of such district and the joint vocational school district board of education. The board of education of the joint vocational school district may accept gifts, grants, federal funds, tuition, and other allocations of funds for the purposes of erecting, repairing, and equipping buildings and for the cost of operation of the vocational schools of such district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.212 | Use of Buildings.

Effective:
October 26, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 620 - 104th General Assembly
The board of education of a school district which is a part of a joint vocational school district and the board of education of such joint vocational school district may enter into agreements to permit the school buildings of the district first noted to be used for the purposes of carrying on a vocational school program. Such use may be either free of cost or pursuant to such rental arrangements as may be stipulated in such agreements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.215 | Facilities of Joint Districts.

Effective:
December 1, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 545 - 107th General Assembly
Facilities of the joint vocational school districts may be used for post-high school training, technical training, and re-training programs of vocational education. A joint vocational school district operating a vocational school may construct, maintain, and operate facilities other than those used for vocational training to be used solely for post-high school training, technical training, re-training programs of vocational education, dormitories, and other facilities for the use of any student.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.216 | Funds of Joint Districts.

Effective:
May 16, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 113th General Assembly
All joint vocational school district funds shall be kept in depositories selected pursuant to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of the joint vocational school district shall be the custodian of such funds. Such funds shall be disbursed only pursuant to warrant signed by such treasurer and a person so authorized by the board of education of the joint vocational school district, and pursuant to order of such board approving such expenditure. No contract of such board of education involving the expenditure of money shall become effective until the fiscal officer of the joint vocational school district certifies there are funds in the treasury and otherwise unappropriated sufficient to provide therefor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.217 | Dissolution of District.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Upon approval by a majority of the full membership of the board of education of a joint vocational school district, or upon the receipt of resolutions formally adopted by a majority of the boards of education of the school districts participating in the joint vocational school district, the board of education of the joint vocational school district shall adopt and send to the department of education and workforce a resolution requesting the dissolution of the joint vocational school district. Such resolution shall state the reasons for the proposed dissolution of the joint vocational school district, shall set forth a plan for the equitable adjustment, division, and disposition of the assets, property, debts, and obligations of the joint vocational school district, and shall provide that the tax duplicate of each participating school district shall be bound for and assume its share of the outstanding indebtedness of the joint vocational school district. Upon approval of the resolution by the department, the joint vocational school district shall be dissolved in accordance with the provisions of the resolution.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:35 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.218 | Sharing Use of Facilities, Equipment or Funds.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The board of education of a joint vocational school district may enter into a written agreement with the board of trustees of any technical college district, the boundaries of which are coterminous with such joint vocational school district, which agreement may provide for the sharing of use of any physical facility or equipment owned or used by either district. Such agreement may further provide that the joint vocational school district may contribute a portion of its funds for current operating expenses, regardless of whether such funds are derived from a tax levy or otherwise, to the technical college district to be expended by the technical college district for any lawful purpose. The agreement shall require the approval by resolution of both boards and shall be executed by the president and treasurer of both boards. A copy of such agreement shall be filed with the chancellor of higher education and a copy shall be filed with the department of education and workforce.
Last updated August 21, 2023 at 3:40 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning › Section 3311.221 | Acquisition of Territory Due to Eligible School District Transfer; Transition Agreement.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, an "eligible school district transfer" means the transfer, not later than June 30, 2015, of the entire territory of a local school district that has fewer than five hundred students to a contiguous local school district under section 3311.22 of the Revised Code that results in the cancellation of the amount owed to the solvency assistance fund by either or both districts under Section 7 of Am. Sub. H.B. 487 of the 130th general assembly.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, if a joint vocational school district gains territory on or after January 1, 2015, due to an eligible school district transfer, the joint vocational school district shall enter into a two-year transition agreement with the joint vocational school district that lost the territory gained by the other joint vocational school district due to the transfer. This agreement shall require all of the following:
(1) Each student of the local school district that is transferred who is enrolled, at the time of the transfer, in the joint vocational school district that lost territory due to the transfer shall remain enrolled in that joint vocational school district for the remainder of the student's secondary education, so long as the student is enrolled in the local school district that received territory in the transfer and continues to enroll in a career-technical program.
(2) In the first year following the transfer, the joint vocational school district that gains territory due to the transfer shall pay the joint vocational school district that lost territory due to the transfer an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the revenue collected from taxes levied under sections 3311.21 and 5705.21 of the Revised Code by the joint vocational school district that gains territory for the transferred portion of the district.
(3) In the second year following the transfer, the joint vocational school district that gains territory due to the transfer shall pay the joint vocational school district that lost territory due to the transfer an amount equal to fifty per cent of the revenue collected from taxes levied under sections 3311.21 and 5705.21 of the Revised Code by the joint vocational school district that gains territory for the transferred portion of the district.
Any other terms mutually agreed upon by both joint vocational school districts to ensure an orderly transition of territory that maximizes opportunities for students shall also be included in the agreement.