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...When it is necessary, in the opinion of any board of education, to procure or enlarge: (A) any site for a building to be used for public school purposes whether as classrooms, auditorium, or for technical training, administrative, storage, or other educational purposes; (B) grounds to be used for agricultural purposes, athletic field, or playground for children; (C) any site for the purpose of erecting and maintainin...

...Upon a vote of a majority of the members of a board of education and a concurring vote of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, declaring that an exchange of real estate held by such board for school purposes for real estate held by such municipal corporation for municipal purposes will be mutually beneficial to such school district and municipal corporation, such exchange may be made by conveyances, ...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (F) of this section and in sections 3313.412 and 3313.413 of the Revised Code, when a board of education decides to dispose of real or personal property that it owns in its corporate capacity and that exceeds in value ten thousand dollars, it shall sell the property at public auction, after giving at least thirty days' notice of the auction by publication in a newspap...

...(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 school district board of education may offer for sale or lease any parcel of real property directly to the governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code without offering that property under division (A) and former division (G) of section 3313.41 or under section 3313.411 of the Revised Code, if all of the following apply: (A) The district board offered that real property ...

...(A) As used in this section, "high-performing community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revise Code that meets any of the following conditions: (1) Except as provided for in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the community school does both of the following: (a) The school has a higher performance index score than the school district in which the school is located on t...

...(A) When in the judgment of a board of education of any school district in this state, lying adjacent to a school district of another state, the best interests of the public schools can be promoted by purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting a schoolhouse, and maintaining them jointly between the two adjacent school districts, the board of education of the school district of this state so situated may enter i...

...When the board of education of any school district owns or holds lands for school purposes and said lands are not accessible by reason of the want of any street or public highway leading thereto and it becomes necessary that streets and highways be dedicated and opened for the purpose of making such lands accessible and available for the public use, and in so doing it becomes necessary to use and occupy part of said ...

...Real or personal property owned by or leased to any board of education for a lease term of at least fifty years shall be exempt from taxation.

...When, in its opinion, the school district would be benefited thereby, the board of education may make, execute, and deliver contracts or leases to mine iron ore, stone, coal, petroleum, gas, salt, and other mineral upon lands owned by such school district, to any person, association, or corporation, who complies with the terms prescribed by the board as to consideration, rights of way, and occupancy of ground for nec...

...The board of education of any school district may contract with a geologist experienced in making such reports or a report on the feasibility of exploring for petroleum and gas on property owned by the board. Upon receipt of a favorable report from such geologist, the board may, by two-thirds vote of all of its members, appropriate and expend funds and may enter into contracts with others, including any public entity...

...(A) In addition to any other law governing the bidding for contracts by the board of education of any school district, when any such board determines to build, repair, enlarge, improve, or demolish any building or other property, the cost of which will exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, except in cases of urgent necessity, or for the security and protection of school property, and except...

...Each city, exempted village, or local board of education shall have the management and control of all of the public schools of whatever name or character that it operates in its respective district. If the board has adopted an annual appropriation resolution, it may, by general resolution, authorize the superintendent or other officer to appoint janitors, superintendents of buildings, and such other employees as are ...

...(A) As used in this section, "armed forces" means the Ohio national guard, the Ohio naval militia, the Ohio military reserve, and the active and reserve components of the United States army, navy, air force, marine corps, space force, and coast guard. (B) No school district board of education shall impose any restriction on the presentation of career information to students that is not uniformly imposed on represen...

...(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy on parental involvement in the schools of the district. The policy shall be designed to build consistent and effective communication between the parents and foster caregivers of students enrolled in the district and the teachers and administrators assigned to the schools their children or foster...

...(A) The general assembly maintains that a parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child. (B) Not later than the first day of July following the effective date of this section, the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall develop and adopt a policy to promote parental involvement in the...

...Each city, local, and exempted village school district and chartered nonpublic school serving any of grades nine through twelve shall include the telephone number for the national suicide and crisis lifeline, "988" or its successor, on all of the following, if provided or used by the school: (A) Each student identification card issued after the effective date of this section ; (B) Each planner issued to a student...

...(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, ...

...Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term "school day" is used, unless otherwise specified, that term shall be construed to mean the time during a calendar day that a school is open for instruction pursuant to the schedule adopted by the board of education of the school district or the governing authority of the chartered nonpublic school in accordance with section 3313.48 of the Revised Code.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that is not an internet- or computer-based community school, as defined in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying school" means a school operated by a school district, a community school, a STEM school, or a chartered nonpublic school that is not operating using a blende...

...(A) A board of education, upon the adoption of a resolution stating that it may be financially unable to open on the day or to remain open for instruction on all days set forth in its adopted school calendar and pay all obligated expenses, or the director of education and workforce upon the issuance of written notification under division (B) of section 3313.489 of the Revised Code, shall request the auditor of state ...

...No loan shall be approved under sections 3313.483 to 3313.4810 of the Revised Code after March 1, 1998. By the last day of June each year, the department of education and workforce shall calculate and pay a subsidy to every school district that during the current fiscal year paid and was obligated to pay interest on a loan under sections 3313.483 to 3313.4810 of the Revised Code in excess of two per cent simple in...

...(A) Upon receipt of a copy of a request for a determination under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code or upon the issuance of written notification under division (B) of section 3313.489 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall analyze the district's financial condition and ascertain what elements of the district's educational program exceed or fail to meet the minimum standards of the dir...

...(A) Within fifteen days after the date the director of education and workforce issues an order under section 3313.487 of the Revised Code making a school district subject to this section, the district's board of education shall prepare a fiscal statement of expenses and expenditures for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The fiscal statement shall be submitted to the department of education and workforce and s...

...(A) The director of education and workforce shall examine each school district's current budget information and three-year projection of revenues and expenditures submitted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code and shall determine whether the information contained therein, together with any other relevant information, indicates that the district may be financially unable to operate its instructional program on a...

...As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code: (A) "Vehicle" means every device, including a bicycle, motorized bicycle, and an electric bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway. "Vehicle" does not include any motorized wheelchair, any electric personal assistive mobility device, any low-speed micromobility device, any personal delivery devi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Highway maintenance vehicle" means a vehicle used in snow and ice removal, including a snow plow, when it is owned by a political subdivision and operated by an employee of that political subdivision. (2) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in divisions (A)(1), (12), (14), and (19) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code. (3) "Portable signal preemption device" means a device...

...(A) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain traffic control devices in accordance with the department of transportation manual for a uniform system of traffic control devices, adopted under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code, upon highways under their jurisdiction as are necessary to indicate and to carry out sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 and 4511.99 of the Revised Code, local traf...

...Highway traffic signal indications for vehicles and pedestrians shall have the following meanings: (A) Steady green signal indication: (1)(a) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys facing a circular green signal indication are permitted to proceed straight through or turn right or left or make a u-turn movement except as such movement is modified by a lane-use sign, turn prohibition sign, lane mar...

...(A) If a person is arrested for operating a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a municipal OVI ordinance or for being in physical control of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of section 4511.194 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance and if the person's driver's or commercial drive...

...(A)(1) If a court grants limited driving privilege to a person who is described in division (B) of this section and who is alleged to have committed a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the court as a condition of granting limited driving privileges may prohibit the person from consuming any beer or intoxicating liquor and may re...

...(A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the street or highway and any other conditions, and no person shall drive any motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar in and upon any street or highway at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop wi...

...(A) No person while on a roadway outside a safety zone shall solicit a ride from the driver of any vehicle. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, no person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle. (2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance, may authorize the issuance of a permit...

...(A) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for in this section, or the person is sixteen ye...

...(A)(1) On and after January 1, 2020, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall permanently affix a label, in a prominent location, to each electric bicycle. The label shall specify whether the electric bicycle is a class 1, class 2, or class 3 electric bicycle, the top assisted speed that the electric bicycle is capable of reaching, and the motor wattage of the electric bicycle. (2) No person shall ...

...(A) The department of public safety, by and with the advice of the department of education and workforce, shall adopt and enforce rules relating to the construction, design, and equipment, including lighting equipment required by section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, of all school buses both publicly and privately owned and operated in this state. (B) The department of education and workforce, by and with the advi...

...(A) At the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate either of the following vehicles unless it is equipped with and displays the lamps described in division (B) of this section: (1) A vehicle not specifically required to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices by sections 4513.03 to 4513.10 of the Revised Code; (2) A vehicle referred to in division (G) of section 45...

...(A) No person shall drive any motor vehicle on a street or highway in this state, other than a motorcycle or motorized bicycle, that is not equipped with a windshield. (B)(1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a bus, with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, sidewings, side, or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to...

...(A)(1) The sheriff of a county or chief of a law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation, township, port authority, conservancy district, or township or joint police district, within the sheriff's or chief's respective territorial jurisdiction, upon complaint of any person adversely affected, may order into storage any motor vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in section 4513.63 of th...

...(A) Sections 4517.01, 4517.02, and 4517.03 to 4517.45 of the Revised Code do not apply to a person auctioning classic motor vehicles, provided all of the following apply: (1) The person is responsible for not more than four auctions of classic motor vehicles per year, with no auction lasting more than two days; (2) The person requests and receives permission for the auction from the registrar of motor vehicle...

...Each person applying for a new motor vehicle dealer's license shall biennially make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, before the first day of April, and upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which the business of selling new motor vehicles is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the registr...

...(A) Each person applying for a used motor vehicle dealer's license shall biennially, before the first day of April, make out and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, upon a blank to be furnished by the registrar for that purpose, a separate application for license for each county in which such business is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the registrar, shall be signed and swo...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Charitable or civic purpose" means either of the following: (a) A purpose described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; (b) A benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, educational, humane, scientific, public health, environmental conservation, or civic objective, or any objective that benefits law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons who protect the pub...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Stop-sale or do-not-drive order" means a notification issued by a motor vehicle manufacturer to its franchised motor vehicle dealers stating that certain used motor vehicles in inventory shall not be sold, either at retail or wholesale, leased, or driven due to a federal safety recall or a federal or state emissions recall. (2) "Average trade-in value" means the approximate monet...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Snowmobile" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for use on snow or ice, and steered by skis, runners, or caterpillar treads. (B) "All-purpose vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for cross-country travel on land and water, or on more than one type of terrain, and steered by wheels or caterpillar treads, or any combination thereof, including vehic...

...(A) Each local authority that enacts any ordinance, resolution, or regulation pursuant to division (A) of section 4521.02 of the Revised Code shall adopt a parking ticket to be used by its law enforcement officers. The "Ohio Uniform Traffic Ticket" described in Traffic Rule 3(A) and (B) may be used as the parking ticket. The parking ticket adopted by a local authority shall be the summons and complaint for purposes o...

...(A) As used in sections 4561.26 and 4561.27 of the Revised Code: (1) "Derelict aircraft" means an aircraft that meets all of the following conditions: (a) It is located on the premises of a public-use airport. (b) It is not in a flyable condition. (c) It does not comply with the United States federal aviation administration regulations that would allow it to be operated or flown. (d) It does not have a writ...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section, no person shall commence to install any structure or object of natural growth in this state, any part of which will penetrate or is reasonably expected to penetrate into or through any airport's clear zone surface, horizontal surface, conical surface, primary surface, approach surface, or transitional surface without first obtaining a permit fr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit enhancement facilities" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Common bond fund program" means any program authorized by a port authority for the purpose of financing port authority facilities and enhancing the credit of port authority obligations using credit enhancement facilities, cash reserves, or other moneys available for such purpose. ...