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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (2) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (3) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion program under section 2935.36 of the Revised Code or a similar diversion program under rules of a court. (4) "Prosecutor...

... There is hereby established the educator standards board. The board shall develop and recommend to the state board of education standards for entering and continuing in the educator professions and standards for educator professional development. The board membership shall reflect the diversity of the state in terms of gender, race, ethnic background, and geographic distribution. (A) The board shall consist of the...

... (A) The educator standards board, in consultation with the chancellor of higher education, shall do all of the following: (1) Develop state standards for teachers and principals that reflect what teachers and principals are expected to know and be able to do at all stages of their careers. These standards shall be aligned with the statewide academic content standards for students adopted pursuant to section 3301.0...

... The subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members: (A) The school district superintendent appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code, who shall act as chairperson of the subcommittee; (B) Three additional school district superintendents appointed by the state bo...

... The subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the educator standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members: (A) The school district treasurer or business manager appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code, who shall act as chairperson of the subcommittee; (B) Three additional school district tre...

... (A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy that states all of the following: (1) The school district shall not solicit or require an employee or applicant for employment or academic admission to affirmatively ascribe to, or opine about, specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, or i...

...The board of education of a school district that employs any person who is appointed to serve as a member of the educator standards board under division (A)(1)(a) or (c) of section 3319.60, as a member of the subcommittee on standards for superintendents under division (B) or (C) of section 3319.611, or as a member of the subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers under division (B) o...

...The state board of education shall establish a credential review board. The credential review board shall carry out any functions assigned to it by the state board with respect to assessing individuals pursuing alternative routes to educator licensure and out of state educators seeking licensure in Ohio. The credential review board may also carry out any other duties the state board considers appropriate.

...(A) The state board of education may establish an annual teacher of the year recognition program for outstanding teachers. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a person or entity may make a voluntary contribution to the recognition program described in division (A) of this section. (C) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a teacher who is recognize...

...(A) The governing board of any educational service center may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers of grades kindergarten to four on the indicators of dyslexia and the types of instruction that children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and spell. If a service center provides this training, it shall make the training available to local school districts within the...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Biological sex" means the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender. An individual may use the individual's official birth record, as defined in section 37...

...(A) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 3319.151 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (H)(1) of section 3319.311 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3319.313 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the p...

... (A) Sections 3320.01, 3320.02, and 3320.03 of the Revised Code shall be collectively known as the "Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019." (B) As used in sections 3320.01 to 3320.03 of the Revised Code, "religious expression" includes any of the following: (1) Prayer; (2) Religious gatherings, including but not limited to prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religi...

... (A) A student enrolled in a public school may engage in religious expression before, during, and after school hours in the same manner and to the same extent that a student is permitted to engage in secular activities or expression before, during, and after school hours. (B) A school district, community school established under Chapter 3314., STEM school established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory bo...

... No school district board of education, governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code shall prohibit a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of ho...

... Each school district board of education shall adopt a policy that reasonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system. The policy shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (A) The policy shall permit a student in any of grades ki...

... (A) As used in sections 3320.05 to 3320.08 of the Revised Code: (1) "Harassment" has the same meaning as in section 3345.0211 of the Revised Code. (2) "Institution of higher education" means any of the following: (a) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; (b) An institution holding a certificate of registration from the state board of career colleges and s...

... (A) Each private nonprofit institution of higher education shall adopt and enforce a policy regarding racial and ethnic harassment and intimidation at the institution. The policy shall include: (1) The provision of training for all institution administration, faculty, and staff, which shall include information on how to respond to hate incidents or incidents of harassment that occur during a class or event held at...

... Each institution of higher education and private nonprofit institution of higher education shall submit an annual report to the chancellor of all harassment and intimidation reports submitted to the federal government consistent with the "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act," 20 U.S.C. 1092(f).

... Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall publicize on its web site any time, place, or manner restrictions it places on expressive activities, as defined in section 3345.0211 of the Revised Code.

... (A)(1) As used in this chapter, "parent," "guardian," or "other person having charge or care of a child" means either parent unless the parents are separated or divorced or their marriage has been dissolved or annulled, in which case "parent" means the parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian of the child. If the child is in the legal or permanent custody of a person or government agency, "parent" me...

...Every child actually resident in the state shall be amenable to the laws relating to compulsory education, and neither he nor the person in charge of him shall be excused from the operation of said sections or the penalties under them on the ground that the child's residence is seasonal, that the parent of the child is a resident of another state, or that the child has attended school for the legal period in another ...

... As used in this section and section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, "special education program" means a school or the educational agency that provides special education and related services to children with disabilities in accordance with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code. Except as provided in this section, the parent of a child of compulsory school age shall cause such child to attend a school in the school distric...

... Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district or its superintendent. Every parent of any child of compulsory school age who is not employed under an age and schooling certificate or exempt under section 3321.042 of the Revised Code must send such child to a school ...

...(A) As used in this section, "extracurricular activity" means a pupil activity program that a school or school district operates and is not included in the school district's graded course of study, including an interscholastic extracurricular activity that a school or school district sponsors or participates in and that has participants from more than one school or school district. (B) If a student enrolled in a sch...

...(A) Each retirement system lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, within ten days following the engagement of a retirement system lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the following: (1) The name, business address, and occupation of the retirement system lobbyist; (2) The name and business address of the employer or of the real party in interes...

... (A)(1) No present or former public official or employee shall, during public employment or service or for twelve months thereafter, represent a client or act in a representative capacity for any person on any matter in which the public official or employee personally participated as a public official or employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or other...

...(A) As used in this section, "organization" means a faith-based or other organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, and provides charitable services to needy residents of this state. (B) There is hereby established within the office of the governor the governor's office of faith-based and community ...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible party" means a party to an adjudication hearing other than the following: (a) The agency; (b) An individual whose net worth exceeded one million dollars at the time the individual received notification of the hearing; (c) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that had, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization that had, a net worth exceedi...

...(A) For any small business that engages in a paperwork violation, the state agency or regulatory authority that regulates the field of operation in which the business operates shall waive any and all administrative fines or civil penalties on that small business for the violation, if the paperwork violation is a first-time offense. (B) When an agency or regulatory authority waives an administrative fine or civil pen...

...As used in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, ...

...(A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, within ten days following the engagement of an executive agency lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the following: (1) The name, business address, and occupation of the executive agency lobbyist; (2) The name and business address of the employer or of the real party in interest on whos...

... As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrative or clerical tasks" mean the receipt, collection, and distribution of information common for the processing or underwriting of a loan in the mortgage industry, and communication with a consumer to obtain information necessary for the processing or underwriting of a residential mortgage loan, to the extent the communication does not include offering or negotiating loan r...

...As used in sections 1345.61 to 1345.68 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contract for invention development services" means a contract by which an invention developer undertakes invention development services for a customer. (B) "Customer" means any person who enters into a contract for invention development services regarding an invention, except any person, other than an individual, who purchases invention development se...

... (A) When the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management finds that an owner has failed to comply with a final nonappealable order issued or compliance agreement entered into under section 1509.04, the restoration requirements of section 1509.072, plugging requirements of section 1509.12, or permit provisions of section 1509.13 of the Revised Code, or rules and orders relating thereto, the chief shall ...

... (A) Notwithstanding section 164.01 of the Revised Code, as used in sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code, "local political subdivision" means a county, municipal corporation, township, conservancy district, soil and water conservation district, lake facilities authority, joint recreation district, park district, or other similar park authority. (B) As used in sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code, ...

... As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Financial organization" means any bank, trust company, savings bank, safe deposit company, mutual savings bank without mutual stock, savings and loan association, credit union, or investment company. (B)(1) "Unclaimed funds" means any moneys, rights to moneys, or intangible property, described in section 169.02 of the Revised Code, when, as sho...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualified nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation that is established under this chapter and to which all of the following apply: (a) The nonprofit corporation is a tax-exempt charitable organization; (b) The nonprofit corporation has other organizations as members, and at least twenty of its members are tax-exempt charitable organizations; (c) The nonprofit corporat...

... As used in this chapter: (A) Whenever the context requires it, "division" or "division of securities" may be read as "director of commerce" or as "commissioner of securities." (B) "Security" means any certificate or instrument, or any oral, written, or electronic agreement, understanding, or opportunity, that represents title to or interest in, or is secured by any lien or charge upon, the capital, assets, profi...

...(A) No person shall act as a dealer, unless the person is licensed as a dealer by the division of securities, except when at least one of the following cases applies: (1) When the person is transacting business through or with a licensed dealer; (2) When the securities are the subject matter of one or more transactions enumerated in divisions (B) to (L), (O) to (R), and (U) to (Y) of section 1707.03, or in section ...

... (A) Every contract entered into by any professional solicitor with any charitable organization shall be in writing, shall clearly state the respective obligations of the professional solicitor and the charitable organization, and shall contain a clear statement of the benefit the charitable organization will receive, which may be stated as a fixed percentage of the gross revenue or a reasonable estimate of the perce...

...Every charitable organization, whether or not required to register pursuant to this chapter, that directly solicits contributions in this state shall make the following disclosures at the point of solicitation: (A) The name of the charitable organization and the city of the principal place of business of the charitable organization; (B) If the charitable organization has not received a determination letter from the...

... (A) As used in this section, "preneed cemetery merchandise and services contract" means a written agreement, contract, or series of contracts to sell or otherwise provide an outer burial container, monument, marker, urn, other type of merchandise customarily sold by cemeteries, or opening and closing services to be used or provided in connection with the final disposition of a dead human body, where payment for the ...

...(A) The medical liability insurance reimbursement program is hereby established. Free clinics and federally qualified health center look-alikes, including the clinics' and centers' staff and volunteer health care professionals and volunteer health care workers, may participate in the medical liability insurance reimbursement program established by this section. The coverage provided under the program shall be ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Court" means any court of record. (2) "Eligible party" means a party to an action or appeal involving the state, other than the following: (a) The state; (b) An individual whose net worth exceeded one million dollars at the time the action or appeal was filed; (c) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that had, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization tha...

... (A) A concealed handgun license that is issued under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code shall expire five years after the date of issuance. A licensee who has been issued a license under that section shall be granted a grace period of thirty days after the licensee's license expires during which the licensee's license remains valid. Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a licensee who has be...

... (A) On all moneys collected by the county treasurer on any tax duplicate of the county, other than estate tax duplicates, on all property tax relief reimbursements paid to the county under sections 323.156 and 4503.068 and divisions (F) and (I) of section 321.24 of the Revised Code, and on all moneys received as advance payments of personal property and classified property taxes, the county auditor, on settlement wi...

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall be responsible for the oversight of any and all sponsors of the community schools established under this chapter and shall provide technical assistance to schools and sponsors in their compliance with applicable laws and the terms of the contracts entered into under section 3314.03 of the Revised Code and in the development and start-up activities of those schools....

... (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Sponsor" means the board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center that agrees to the conversion of all or part of a school or building under division (B) of this section, or an entity listed in division (C)(1) of this section, which has been approved by the department of education and workforce to sponsor community schools or is ex...

... (A) This section applies to any entity that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that satisfies the conditions specified in divisions (C)(1)(f)(ii) and (iii) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code but does not satisfy the condition specified in division (C)(1)(f)(i) of that section. (B) Notwithstanding division (C)(1)(f)(i) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, and su...