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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.28 | Alternative, Supplemental Provisions.

Effective:
June 9, 1994
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 552 - 120th General Assembly
The authority provided by sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code is in addition to and provides alternative methods for any other authority provided by law for the same or similar purposes, and are supplemental to and not in derogation of any powers of any governmental agency otherwise conferred including those conferred in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. In case any provision of sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code, including any condition or prerequisite to any action or determination, or in case any covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, made, assumed, entered into, or taken under those sections, or any application thereof, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder thereof or any other provision of sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code, including any condition or prerequisite to any action or determination, or any other covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, made, assumed, entered into, or taken under such chapter, which shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid portion were not contained therein, nor shall such illegality or invalidity or any application thereof affect any legal and valid application thereof, and each such section, provision, covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, entered into or taken in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.29 | Maximum Maturity and Terms of Obligations.

Effective:
September 28, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 282 - 123rd General Assembly
The maximum maturity of any obligations issued pursuant to section 3318.26 of the Revised Code to provide moneys for the school building program assistance fund shall be ten years. The terms of the obligations shall be such that in any fiscal year the aggregate amount of moneys from the lottery profits education fund, and not from other sources, that are pledged to pay bond service charges on obligations issued to provide moneys for the school building program assistance fund shall not exceed ten million dollars.
As used in this section, "other sources" includes the annual investment income on special funds to the extent the income will be available for payment of any bond service charges in lieu of use of moneys from the lottery profits education fund. The annual investment income shall be estimated on the basis of the expected funding of those special funds and assumed investment earnings thereon at a rate equal to the weighted average yield on investments of those special funds determined as of any date within sixty days immediately preceding the date of issuance of the bonds in respect of which the determination is being made.
The determinations required by this section shall be made by the treasurer of state at the time of issuance of an issue of obligations and shall be conclusive for purposes of such issuance of obligations from and after their issuance and delivery.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.311 | Design Specifications Classroom Facilities for Joint Vocational Education Programs.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish design specifications for classroom facilities that are appropriate for joint vocational education programs. The specifications shall provide standards for appropriate pupil instruction space but shall not include standards for any vocational education furnishings or equipment that is not comparable to, or the vocational education equivalent of, the furnishings or equipment for which assistance is available to other school districts under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code.
Beginning September 1, 2003, from time to time the commission may amend the specifications as determined necessary by the commission; however, any project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code approved by the commission prior to the most recent amendment to the specifications shall not be subject to the provisions of such amendment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.351 | School Building Emergency Assistance Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Emergency project" means reconstruction or renovation of or repair to any classroom facilities made necessary because of damage due to an act of God.
(3) "Eligible school district" means any school district in the first through one-hundredth percentiles as determined under section 3318.011 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) There is hereby established the school building emergency assistance program, under which the Ohio facilities construction commission shall distribute grants to eligible school districts from moneys specifically appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this section to assist in emergency projects. Any assistance under this section shall be used to pay the cost of only the portion of an emergency project that is not covered by insurance or other public or private emergency assistance received by or payable to the school district. Any damage to classroom facilities caused by age of the facilities or by lack of timely maintenance to the facilities shall not constitute damage that is subject to assistance under this section.
(2) The commission shall establish procedures and deadlines for eligible school districts to follow in applying for assistance under this section. The commission shall consider such applications on a case-by-case basis taking into account the amount of moneys available under this section.
(3) Every effort shall be made to conform an emergency project to design specifications adopted by the commission, including minimum capacity requirements adopted under section 3318.03 of the Revised Code, unless in the judgment of the commission it is not possible to conform the project to such specifications.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.361 | Proposing Tax Levy for Expedited Local Partnership Program Purposes.

Effective:
September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 140 - 134th General Assembly
A school district board opting to qualify for state assistance pursuant to section 3318.36 of the Revised Code through levying the tax specified in division (D)(2)(a) or (D)(4) of that section shall declare by resolution that the question of a tax levy specified in division (D)(2)(a) or (4), as applicable, of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be submitted to the electors of the school district at the next general or primary election, if there be a general or primary election not less than ninety and not more than one hundred ten days after the day of the adoption of such resolution or, if not, at a special election to be held at a time specified in the resolution which shall be not less than ninety days after the day of the adoption of the resolution and which shall be in accordance with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. Such resolution shall specify both of the following:
(A) That the rate which it is necessary to levy shall be at the rate of not less than one-half mill for each one dollar of taxable value, and that such tax shall be levied for a period of twenty-three years;
(B) That the proceeds of the tax shall be used to pay the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project or upgrading those facilities if approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission.
A copy of such resolution shall after its passage and not less than ninety days prior to the date set therein for the election be certified to the county board of elections.
Notice of the election shall include the levy's estimated annual collections, the fact that the tax levy shall be at the rate of not less than one-half mill for each one dollar of taxable value for a period of twenty-three years, and that the proceeds of the tax shall be used to pay the cost of maintaining or upgrading the classroom facilities included in the project. The notice shall also express the rate in dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's appraised value.
The form of the ballot to be used at such election shall be:
"Shall a levy of taxes be made for a period of twenty-three years to benefit the ____________ (here insert name of school district) school district, the proceeds of which shall be used to pay the cost of maintaining (or upgrading if approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission) the classroom facilities included in the project, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at the rate of __________ (here insert the number of mills, which shall not be less than one-half mill) mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $________ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value?
FOR THE TAX LEVY
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY
"
Last updated July 15, 2022 at 8:53 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.362 | Term of Bonds.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
This section applies only to a school district that participates in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.
A school district board that enters into an agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission under division (B) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code may propose for issuance any bonds necessary for its participation in the program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code for any number of years not exceeding the term calculated pursuant to section 133.20 of the Revised Code. Any moneys received from the state under division (E)(2) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be applied, as agreed in writing by the school district board and the commission, to pay debt service on outstanding bonds or bond anticipation notes issued by the school district board for its participation in the expedited local partnership program, including by placing those moneys in an applicable escrow fund under division (D) of section 133.34 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.363 | Tax Valuation Decrease.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) This section applies beginning in fiscal year 2003 and only to a school district participating in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.
(B) If there is a decrease in the tax valuation of a school district to which this section applies by ten per cent or greater from one tax year to the next due to a decrease in the assessment rate of the taxable property of an electric company that owns property in the district, as provided for in section 5727.111 of the Revised Code as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 3 of the 123rd General Assembly, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall calculate or recalculate the state and school district portions of the basic project cost of the school district's project by determining the percentile rank in which the district would be located if such ranking were made using the adjusted valuation per pupil calculated under division (C) of this section rather than the three-year average adjusted valuation per pupil, calculated under division (B) of section 3318.011 of the Revised Code. For such district, the required percentage of the basic project cost used to determine the state and school district shares of that cost under division (C) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be based on the percentile rank as calculated under this section rather than as otherwise provided in division (C)(1) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. If the commission has determined the state and school district portion of the basic project cost of such a district's project under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code prior to that decrease in tax valuation, the commission shall adjust the state and school district shares of the basic project cost of such project in accordance with this section.
(C)(1) As used in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, "total taxable value" and "formula ADM" have the same meanings as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code, and "income factor" has the same meaning as in section 3318.011 of the Revised Code.
(2) The adjusted valuation per pupil for a school district to which this section applies shall be calculated using the following formula:
(The district's total taxable value for the tax year preceding the calendar year in which the current fiscal year begins / the district's formula ADM for the previous fiscal year) - [$30,000 x (1 - the district's income factor)].
(D) At the request of the Ohio facilities construction commission, the department of education and workforce shall report a district's total taxable value for the tax year preceding the calendar year in which the current fiscal year begins for any district to which this section applies as that information has been certified to the department by the tax commissioner pursuant to section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.364 | Assistance for Schools That Have Entered Into an Expedited Local Partnership Agreement.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
In any fiscal year, the Ohio facilities construction commission may, at its discretion, provide assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code to a school district that has entered into an expedited local partnership agreement under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code before the district is otherwise eligible for that assistance based on its percentile rank, if the commission determines all of the following:
(A) The district has made an expenditure of local resources under its expedited local partnership agreement on a discrete part of its district-wide project.
(B) The district is ready to complete its district-wide project or a segment of the project, in accordance with section 3318.034 of the Revised Code.
(C) The district is in compliance with division (D)(2) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.
(D) Sufficient state funds have been appropriated for classroom facilities projects for the fiscal year to pay the state share of the district's project or segment after paying the state share of projects for all of the following:
(1) Districts that previously had their conditional approval lapse pursuant to section 3318.05 of the Revised Code;
(2) Districts eligible for assistance under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code;
(3) Districts participating in the exceptional needs school facilities assistance program under section 3318.37 or 3318.371 of the Revised Code;
(4) Districts participating in the accelerated urban school building assistance program under section 3318.38 of the Revised Code.
Assistance under this section shall be offered to eligible districts in the order of their percentile rankings at the time they entered into their expedited local partnership agreements, from lowest to highest percentile. In the event that more than one district has the same percentile ranking, those districts shall be offered assistance in the order of the date they entered into their expedited local partnership agreements, from earliest to latest date.
As used in this section, "local resources" and "percentile" have the same meanings as in section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.371 | Assistance for Relocation or Replacement of Classroom Facilities Due to Contamination.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The Ohio facilities construction commission may provide assistance under the exceptional needs school facilities program established by section 3318.37 of the Revised Code to any school district for the purpose of the relocation or replacement of classroom facilities required as a result of any contamination of air, soil, or water that impacts the occupants of the facility.
The commission shall make a determination in accordance with guidelines adopted by the commission regarding eligibility and funding for projects under this section. The commission may contract with an independent environmental consultant to conduct a study to assist the commission in making the determination.
If the federal government or other public or private entity provides funds for restitution of costs incurred by the state or school district in the relocation or replacement of the classroom facilities, the school district shall use such funds in excess of the school district's share to refund the state for the state's contribution to the environmental contamination portion of the project. The school district may apply an amount of such restitution funds up to an amount equal to the school district's portion of the project, as defined by the commission, toward paying its portion of that project to reduce the amount of bonds the school district otherwise must issue to receive state assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.42 | Selecting Districts for Assistance.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) Not later than the sixty-first day after March 14, 2003, and subsequently not later than the sixty-first day after the first day of each ensuing fiscal year, the department of education and workforce shall do all of the following:
(1) Calculate the valuation per pupil of each joint vocational school district according to the following formula:
The school district's average taxable value divided by the
school district's formula ADM calculated under section
3317.03 of the Revised Code for the previous fiscal year.
For purposes of this calculation:
(a) "Average taxable value" means the average of the amounts certified for a school district in the second, third, and fourth preceding tax years under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Formula ADM" has the same meaning as defined in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) Calculate for each school district the three-year average of the valuations per pupil calculated for the school district for the current and two preceding fiscal years;
(3) Rank all joint vocational school districts in order from the school district with the lowest three-year average valuation per pupil to the school district with the highest three-year average valuation per pupil;
(4) Divide the ranking under division (A)(3) of this section into percentiles with the first percentile containing the one per cent of school districts having the lowest three-year average valuations per pupil and the one-hundredth percentile containing the one per cent of school districts having the highest three-year average valuations per pupil;
(5) Certify the information described in divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section to the Ohio facilities construction commission.
(B) The commission annually shall select school districts for assistance under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code in the order of the school districts' three-year average valuations per pupil such that the school district with the lowest three-year average valuation per pupil shall be given the highest priority for assistance.
(C) Each joint vocational school district's portion of the basic project cost of the school district's project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code shall be one per cent times the percentile in which the district ranks, except that no school district's portion shall be less than twenty-five per cent or greater than ninety-five per cent of the basic project cost.
Last updated September 1, 2023 at 3:11 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.43 | Moneys Dedicated to Maintenance of Classroom Facilities.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Each year for twenty-three successive years after the commencement of a joint vocational school district's project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, the board of education of that school district shall deposit into a separate maintenance account or into the school district's capital and maintenance fund established under section 3315.18 of the Revised Code, school district moneys dedicated to maintenance of the classroom facilities acquired under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code in an amount equal to one and one-half of one per cent of the current insurance value of the classroom facilities acquired under the project, which value shall be subject to the approval of the Ohio facilities construction commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.46 | Expenditure of Local Resources Prior to School District's Eligibility for State Assistance.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
By rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish a program whereby the board of education of any joint vocational school district may enter into an agreement with the commission under which the board may proceed with the new construction or major repairs of a part of the school district's classroom facilities needs, as determined under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, through the expenditure of local resources prior to the school district's eligibility for state assistance under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code. The program shall be structured in a manner similar to the program established under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. The program shall be operational on July 1, 2004.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.47 | Transfer of Amounts to Rc 3318.15 Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly
(A) On the effective date of this section, the director of budget and management shall transfer any amount on hand in the fund established under former section 3318.47 of the Revised Code, as that section existed prior to the effective date of this section, into the fund established under section 3318.15 of the Revised Code.
(B) On or after the effective date of this section, any amounts received from school districts in repayment of loans made under former sections 3318.47 to 3318.49, as those sections existed prior to the effective date of this section, shall be deposited into the fund established under section 3318.15 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.49 | Corrective Action Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The corrective action program is hereby established to provide funding for the correction of work, in connection with a project funded under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, that is found after occupancy of the facility to be defective or to have been omitted.
(B) The Ohio facilities construction commission may provide funding under this section only if the school district notifies the executive director of the commission of the defective or omitted work within five years after occupancy of the facility for which the district seeks the funding.
(C) The commission shall establish procedures and deadlines for school districts to follow in applying for assistance under this section. The procedures shall include definitions of "defective" and "omitted," and shall require that remediation efforts focus first on engaging the respective contractors that designed and constructed the areas that have design or construction-related issues. The commission shall consider applications on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the amount of money appropriated and available for purposes of this section.
(D) The commission may provide funding assistance necessary to take corrective measures after evaluating the defective or omitted work.
(1) If the work to be corrected or remediated is part of a project not yet completed, the commission may amend the project agreement to increase the project budget and use corrective action funding to provide the state portion of the amendment. If the work to be corrected or remediated is part of a completed project and funds were retained or transferred pursuant to division (C) of section 3318.12 of the Revised Code, the commission may enter into a new agreement to address the corrective action.
(2) Whether or not the project is completed, the district shall contribute a portion of the cost of the corrective action, to be determined in accordance with section 3318.032 of the Revised Code or, if the district is a joint vocational school district, section 3318.42 of the Revised Code. A district that is unable to provide its portion so that remediation can proceed may apply to the commission for additional assistance under section 3318.042 of the Revised Code.
(E) The commission shall assess responsibility for the defective or omitted work and seek cost recovery from responsible parties, if applicable. Any recovery of the expense of remediation shall be applied first to the district portion of the cost of the corrective action. Any remaining funds shall be applied to the state portion and deposited into the school building program assistance fund established under section 3318.25 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.60 | College-Preparatory Boarding School Facilities Program.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section and section 3318.61 of the Revised Code:
(1) "Acquisition of classroom facilities" means constructing, reconstructing, repairing, or making additions to classroom facilities.
(2) "Ohio facilities construction commission" and "classroom facilities" have the same meanings as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) There is hereby established the college-preparatory boarding school facilities program. Under the program, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall provide assistance to the boards of trustees of college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code for the acquisition of classroom facilities.
(C) The program shall comply with sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, except as follows:
(1) The commission, in consultation with the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school, shall determine the basic project cost based on all campus facilities needed for the school's programs and operations and shall take into account any unique spaces or square footages needed for such facilities when calculating the basic project cost. Regardless of the inclusion of nonclassroom facilities in the calculation of the basic project cost, state funds provided under the program shall be used only to pay for the acquisition of classroom facilities that do not exceed the construction and design standards established by the commission.
(2) To be eligible for assistance under the program, the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school shall secure at least twenty million dollars of private money to satisfy its share of the basic project cost. Funds provided by the board may be used for any type of facility.
(3) A college-preparatory boarding school shall not be included in the ranking required by section 3318.011 of the Revised Code. The commission shall initiate procedures for the school's project when the contract required by section 3328.12 of the Revised Code has been executed.
(4) No requirement related to the issuance of bonds or securities or the levying of taxes by a school district shall apply to a college-preparatory boarding school or its board of trustees.
(5) The agreement entered into by the commission with the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code shall provide for termination of the contract and release of the funds encumbered at the time of the project's conditional approval, if the board fails to secure the amount specified in division (C)(2) of this section within such period after the execution of the agreement as may be fixed by the commission.
(D) Within the ninety-day period immediately following September 29, 2011, the commission shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation and administration of the program.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.62 | Agreements to Provide Facilities Assistance; Mandatory Stipulations.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Any agreement between the Ohio facilities construction commission and the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to provide facilities assistance under section 3318.60 or 3318.61 of the Revised Code shall include the following stipulations:
(A) If the school ceases its operations, the school's board of trustees may permit the classroom facilities to be used for only an alternative public purpose, including, but not limited to, primary, secondary, vocational, or higher education services.
(B) If the school ceases its operations due to either the failure of the school's operator to comply with any of the requirements of the contract prescribed under section 3328.12 of the Revised Code or the default by the school's board of trustees on an underlying leasehold or mortgage agreement, the school's board of trustees shall return to the commission the unamortized portion of the state funds provided to the board of trustees under this chapter, based on a straight-line depreciation over the first eighteen years of occupancy. However, if, within twenty-four months after the school's cessation from operation, the classroom facilities of a college-preparatory boarding school are used for an alternative public purpose as prescribed by division (A) of this section, no return of funds by the board of trustees under this division shall be required.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.70 | Funding to Assist Stem Schools in the Acquisition of Classroom Facilities.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 554 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Acquisition of classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.40 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "STEM school" means a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code that is not governed by a single school district board of education, as prescribed by section 3326.51 of the Revised Code.
(B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish guidelines for assisting STEM schools in the acquisition of classroom facilities.
(C) Upon receipt of a written proposal by the governing body of a STEM school, the commission, subject to approval of the controlling board, shall provide funding to assist that STEM school in the acquisition of classroom facilities. The proposal of the governing body shall be submitted in a form and in the manner prescribed by the commission. The proposal shall indicate both the total amount of funding requested from the commission and the amount of other funding pledged for the acquisition of the classroom facilities, the latter of which shall not be less than the total amount of funding requested from the commission. Once the commission determines a proposal meets its established guidelines and if the controlling board approves that funding, the commission shall enter into an agreement with the governing body for the acquisition of the classroom facilities and shall encumber, in accordance with section 3318.11 of the Revised Code, the approved funding from the amounts appropriated to the commission for classroom facilities assistance projects. The agreement shall include a stipulation of the ownership of the classroom facilities in the event the STEM school permanently closes at any time.
(D) In the case of the governing body of a group of STEM schools, as prescribed by section 3326.031 of the Revised Code, the governing body shall submit a proposal for each school under its direction separately, and the commission shall consider each proposal separately.
(E) If, after the commission and a STEM school to which this section applies enter into a written agreement under this section for the construction of a classroom facilities project, the commission approves an increase in the basic project cost above the amount budgeted plus any interest earned and available in the school's project construction fund, the state and the school shall share the increased cost in proportion to their respective contributions to the school's project construction fund.
Last updated February 16, 2023 at 1:16 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3318 | School Facilities › Section 3318.71 | Guidelines for Acquisition of Classroom Facilities to Be Used for a Joint Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education programs..

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Acquisition of classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.40 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Qualifying partnership" means a group of city, exempted village, or local school districts that are part of a career-technical education compact and have entered into an agreement for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education program under section 3313.842 of the Revised Code. The aggregate territory of the school districts composing a qualifying partnership shall be located in two adjacent counties, each having a population greater than forty thousand, but less than fifty thousand, and at least one of which borders another state.
(B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish guidelines for assisting a qualifying partnership in the acquisition of classroom facilities to be used for a joint science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education program.
(C) Upon receipt of a written proposal from a qualifying partnership, the commission, subject to approval of the controlling board, shall provide funding to assist that qualifying partnership in the acquisition of classroom facilities described in division (B) of this section. The proposal of the qualifying partnership shall be submitted in a form and in the manner prescribed by the commission. The proposal shall indicate both the total amount of funding requested from the commission and the amount of other funding pledged for the acquisition of the classroom facilities, the latter of which shall not be less than the total amount of funding requested from the commission. Once the commission determines a proposal meets its established guidelines, and if the controlling board approves that funding, the commission shall enter into an agreement with the qualifying partnership for the acquisition of the classroom facilities and shall encumber, in accordance with section 3318.11 of the Revised Code, the approved funding from the amounts appropriated to the commission for classroom facilities assistance projects. The agreement shall include a stipulation of the ownership of the classroom facilities in the event the qualifying partnership ceases to exist.
(D) A qualifying partnership may levy taxes and issue bonds under section 5705.2112 or 5705.2113 of the Revised Code to use for all or part of the funding pledged for the acquisition of classroom facilities under division (C) of this section. If a qualifying partnership chooses to levy taxes or issue bonds for this purpose, it shall select one of the districts that is a member of the qualifying partnership to be the fiscal agent of the qualifying partnership for purposes of those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.011 | Superintendent Pro Tempore.

Effective:
November 15, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 640 - 112th General Assembly
If a board of education determines the superintendent is incapacitated in such a manner that he is unable to perform the duties of the office of superintendent, the board may, by a majority vote of the members of the board, appoint a person to serve in his place pro tempore. Each board of education shall adopt a written policy establishing standards for determining whether the superintendent is incapacitated, and shall provide that during any period in which the superintendent is incapacitated, he may be placed on sick leave or on leave of absence and may be returned to active duty status from sick leave or leave of absence. The superintendent may request a hearing before the board on any action taken under this section, and he shall have the same rights in any such hearing as are granted to a teacher in a board hearing under section 3319.16 of the Revised Code. The superintendent pro tempore shall perform all of the duties and functions of the superintendent and shall serve until the board by majority vote determines the superintendent's incapacity is removed or until the expiration of the superintendent's contract or term of office, whichever is sooner. The superintendent pro tempore may be removed at any time for cause by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board. The board shall fix the compensation of the superintendent pro tempore in accordance with section 3319.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.03 | Business Manager.

Effective:
September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district may create the position of business manager. The board shall appoint such business manager who shall serve pursuant to a contract in accordance with section 3319.02 of the Revised Code. In the discharge of all official duties, the business manager may be directly responsible to the board, or to the superintendent of schools, as the board directs at the time of appointment to the position. Where such business manager is responsible to the superintendent the business manager shall be appointed by the superintendent and confirmed by the board.
No board of education shall appoint or confirm as business manager any person who does not hold a valid business manager's license issued under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. If the business manager fails to maintain a valid license, the business manager shall be removed by the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.031 | Assignment of Business Manager Functions.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if the board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district does not appoint a business manager under section 3319.03 of the Revised Code, the board may assign powers and duties specified in section 3319.04 of the Revised Code to one or more employees or officers of the board, including the treasurer, and may give the employees or officers any title recognizing the assignment of the powers and duties. The prohibition, in section 3319.04 of the Revised Code, against a business manager having possession of moneys does not prevent a board from assigning powers and duties specified in that section to the treasurer and does not prevent a treasurer who is assigned those powers and duties from exercising the powers and duties of treasurer. If the board assigns the duties of a business manager under section 3319.04 of the Revised Code to the treasurer, the treasurer shall not have the authority to make recommendations to appoint or discharge noneducational employees, except as provided under section 3313.31 of the Revised Code. Instead, the district superintendent shall be responsible for making recommendations, subject to confirmation by the board, for the appointment or discharge of noneducational employees.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.04 | Business Manager - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
March 30, 2007
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 671 - 126th General Assembly
The business manager shall have the care and custody of all property of the school district, real or personal, except moneys, supervise the construction of buildings in the process of erection, and the maintenance, operation, and repairs thereof, advertise for bids, and purchase and have custody of all supplies and equipment authorized by the board. The business manager shall assist in the preparation of the annual appropriation resolution; shall appoint and may discharge, subject to confirmation by the board, noneducational employees, except as provided in division (B) of section 3313.31 of the Revised Code; and shall prepare and execute all contracts necessary in carrying out this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.05 | Compensation of Business Manager - Bond.

Effective:
March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
The business manager shall receive such compensation as is fixed by the board of education before election, which shall not be decreased during the business manager's term of office. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the business manager shall give such bond as prescribed by the board for the faithful discharge of official duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.06 | Internal Auditor Authorized - Contract - Evaluation.

Effective:
September 24, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 316 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, or local school district may create the position of internal auditor. Any person employed by the board as an internal auditor shall hold a valid permit issued under section 4701.10 of the Revised Code to practice as a certified public accountant or a public accountant.
(B) The board shall execute a written contract of employment with each internal auditor it employs. The contract shall specify the internal auditor's duties, the salary and other compensation to be paid for performance of those duties, the number of days to be worked, the number of days of vacation leave, if any, and any paid holidays in the contractual year. The salary and other compensation prescribed by the contract may be increased by the board during the term of the contract but shall not be reduced during that term unless such reduction is part of a uniform plan affecting employees of the entire district. The term of the initial contract shall not exceed three years. Any renewal of the contract shall be for a term of not less than two years and not more than five years.
The internal auditor shall be directly responsible to the board for the performance of all duties outlined in the contract. If the board does not intend to renew the contract upon its expiration, the board shall provide written notice to the internal auditor of its intention not to renew the contract not later than the first day of June of the year in which the contract expires. If the board does not provide such notice by that date, the internal auditor shall be deemed reemployed for a term of one year at the same salary plus any increments that may be authorized by the board. Termination of an internal auditor's contract shall be pursuant to section 3319.16 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each board that employs an internal auditor shall adopt procedures for the evaluation of the internal auditor and shall evaluate the internal auditor in accordance with those procedures. The evaluation based upon the procedures shall be considered by the board in deciding whether to renew the internal auditor's contract of employment. The establishment of an evaluation procedure shall not create an expectancy of continued employment. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board from making the final determination regarding the renewal or nonrenewal of the contract of an internal auditor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 33 | Education-Libraries › Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees › Section 3319.07 | Employment of Teachers.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall employ the teachers of the public schools of their respective districts.
The governing board of each educational service center may employ special instruction teachers, special education teachers, and teachers of academic courses in which there are too few students in each of the school districts entering into agreements pursuant to section 3313.843 of the Revised Code to warrant each district's employing teachers for those courses.
When any board makes appointments of teachers, the teachers in the employ of the board shall be considered before new teachers are chosen in their stead. In all school districts and in service centers, no teacher shall be employed unless such person is nominated by the superintendent of such district or center, or by another individual designated by the board in the event that the superintendent's nomination would be a violation of section 2921.42 of the Revised Code. Such board, by a three-fourths vote of its full membership, may re-employ any teacher whom the superintendent refuses to appoint.
(B) The board of education of any school district may contract with the governing board of the educational service center from which it otherwise receives services to conduct searches and recruitment of candidates for teacher positions.