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...(A) This section shall operate as a pilot project that applies to any school that has been ranked according to performance index score under section 3302.21 of the Revised Code in the lowest five per cent of all public school buildings statewide for three or more consecutive school years and is operated by the Columbus city school district. The pilot project shall commence once the department of education and workfor...

...(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Chapter 3301. or 3302. of the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district, governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, or governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code may submit to the department of education and workforce, during the 2015-2016 school year, a request ...

...(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, a school district that qualifies under division (D) of this section shall be exempt from all of the following: (1) The mentoring component of the Ohio teacher residency program established under division (A)(1) of section 3319.223 of the Revised Code, so long as the district utilizes a local approach to train and support new teachers; (2) Any pro...

...(A) On the first Monday of May of each even-numbered year, one contributing member, as defined in division (A)(5) of section 3307.05 of the Revised Code, shall be elected by ballot to the state teachers retirement board. Elected contributing members shall begin their respective terms of office on the first day of September following their election and shall serve for a term of four years. (B) The retired teacher me...

...(A) This section applies in the case of a person who is or most recently has been employed by an employer in a position that is customarily filled by a vote of members of a board or commission. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a board or commission that proposes to continue the employment as a reemployed superannuate or rehire as a reemployed superannuate to the same position an individual describe...

...(A) As used in this section and section 3307.66 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who was the subject of the hearing if a final decree of adoption adjudging the member's spouse as the adoptive parent is made subsequent to the mem...

...(A) Upon application for retirement as provided in section 3307.58 or 3307.59 of the Revised Code, the retirant may elect a plan of payment under this division or, on and after the date specified in division (B) of this section, a plan of payment under that division. Under this division, the retirant may elect to receive a single lifetime benefit, or may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's ben...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (D) and (E) of this section, the state teachers retirement board shall annually increase each allowance or benefit payable under the STRS defined benefit plan. Through July 31, 2013, the increase shall be three per cent. On and after August 1, 2013, the increase shall be two per cent. No allowance or benefit shall exceed the limit as annually determined pursuant to section 415 of t...

...(A) Elections for employee and retirant members of the school employees retirement board shall be held on the first Monday of March. Terms of office of the employee and retirant members of the board shall be for four years each, commencing on the first day of July following the election and ending on the thirtieth day of June. The initial terms of the first retirant member and the new employee member shall commence o...

...(A) The school employees retirement board shall have prepared annually by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the school employees retirement system as established pursuant to this chapter. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards boa...

...(A) This section applies in the case of a person who is or most recently has been employed by an employer in a position that is customarily filled by a vote of members of a board or commission. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a board or commission that proposes to continue the employment as a reemployed retirant or rehire as a reemployed retirant to the same position an individual described in div...

...(A) Until December 31, 2017, the school employees retirement board shall annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by three per cent. (B) Effective January 1, 2018, the retirement board may annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index, not to exceed two and one -half per cent, as...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative public provider" means either of the following providers that agrees to enroll a child in the provider's special education program to implement the child's individualized education program or an education plan developed by the school district under division (L) of this section and to which the child's parent owes fees for the services provided to the child: (a) A sc...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Annexation" and "annexed" mean annexation for municipal purposes under sections 709.02 to 709.37 of the Revised Code. (2) "Annexed territory" means territory that has been annexed for municipal purposes to a city served by an urban school district, but on September 24, 1986, has not been transferred to the urban school district. (3) "Urban school district" means a city school dist...

...Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.52, if the treasurer of any cooperative education school district is also the treasurer of another school district or educational service center pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3311.52 or division (B)(3) of section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, this section and sections 3313.222 to 3313.25 of the Revised Code do not apply to that cooperative district or its treasure...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "College-preparatory boarding school" means a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2) "Community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. (3) "High-performing community school" has the same meaning as in section 3313.413 of the Revised Code. (4) "STEM school" means a science, tech...

...(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall provide for the free education of the youth of school age within the district under its jurisdiction, at such places as will be most convenient for the attendance of the largest number thereof. Each school so provided and each chartered nonpublic school shall be open for instruction with pupils in attendance, ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Harassment, intimidation, or bullying" has the same meaning as in section 3313.666 of the Revised Code. (2) "Home-educated student" means a student who is receiving home education in accordance with section 3321.042 of the Revised Code. (3) "Qualifying offense" means any of the following: (a) An offense of violence; (b) A violation of section 2907.07 of the Revised Code; ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Civic responsibility" means the patriotic and ethical duties of all citizens to take an active role in society and to consider the interests and concerns of other individuals in the community. (2) "Volunteerism" means nonprofit activity in the United States, the benefits and limitations of nonprofit activities, and the presence and function of nonprofit civic and charitable org...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Automated external defibrillator" has the same meaning as in section 3313.717 of the Revised Code. (2) "Psychomotor skills" means the use of hands-on practice to support cognitive learning. (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, each school operated by a school district which offers grades nine to twelve shall provide instruction to students in cardiopulmonary ...

...(A) As used in this section and section 3313.64 of the Revised Code: (1) A person is "in a residential facility" if the person is a resident or a resident patient of an institution, home, or other residential facility that is: (a) Licensed as a nursing home, residential care facility, or home for the aging by the director of health under section 3721.02 of the Revised Code; (b) Maintained as a county home or...

...(A) Subject to the limitations set forth in section 3313.668 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy regarding suspension, expulsion, removal, and permanent exclusion that specifies the types of misconduct for which a pupil may be suspended, expelled, or removed. The types of misconduct may include misconduct by a pupil that occurs off...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic act" means an act committed through the use of a cellular telephone, computer, pager, personal communication device, or other electronic communication device. (2) "Harassment, intimidation, or bullying" means either of the following: (a) Any intentional written, verbal, electronic, or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Federal law" means the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997," 111 Stat. 37, 20 U.S.C. 1400, as amended. (2) "Over-the-counter drug" means a drug, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, that may be legally sold without a prescription and that is administered without the instruction of a prescriber. (3) "Prescriber" has the same meaning as in section...

...(A) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district and the governing authority of each chartered nonpublic school shall establish a written policy with respect to protecting students with food allergies. The policy shall be developed in consultation with parents, school nurses and other school employees, school volunteers, students, and community members. (B) Each...