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...Once the state board of education adopts professional development standards pursuant to section 3319.61 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each school district shall use the standards for the following purposes: (A) To guide the design of teacher education programs serving both teacher candidates and experienced teachers; (B) To guide school-based professional development that is aligned with student ac...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Dyslexia" has the same meaning as in section 3323.25 of the Revised Code. (2) "Ohio dyslexia committee" means the committee established under section 3325.25 of the Revised Code. (3) "Special education" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Teacher" does not include any teacher who provides instruction in fine arts, music, or physical educat...

...(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall enter into written contracts for the employment and reemployment of all teachers. Contracts for the employment of teachers shall be of two types, limited contracts and continuing contracts. The board of each school district or service center that...

...Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this section, in all school districts wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply, the following employment contract system shall control for employees whose contracts of employment are not otherwise provided by law: (A) Newly hired regular nonteaching school employees, including regular hourly rate and per diem employees, shall enter into...

...As used in this section, "educational assistant" means any nonteaching employee in a school district who directly assists a teacher as defined in section 3319.09 of the Revised Code, by performing duties for which a license issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.30 of the Revised Code is not required. (A) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, the state board of education shall issue educational ...

...Notwithstanding section 3319.09 of the Revised Code, this section applies to any person who is employed under a teacher license issued under this chapter, or under a professional or permanent teacher's certificate issued under former section 3319.222 of the Revised Code, and who spends at least fifty per cent of the time employed providing student instruction. However, this section does not apply to any person who is...

...(A) The state board of education shall develop a standards-based state framework for the evaluation of school counselors. The state board may update the framework periodically by adoption of a resolution. The framework shall establish an evaluation system that does the following: (1) Requires school counselors to demonstrate their ability to produce positive student outcomes using metrics, including those from the...

...(A) As used in this section, "interdistrict contract" means any contract or agreement entered into by an educational service center governing board and another board or other public entity pursuant to section 3313.17, 3313.841, 3313.842, 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, 3313.91, or 3323.08 of the Revised Code, including any such contract or agreement for the provision of services funded under division (E) of secti...

...(A) Notwithstanding the amendments to and repeal of statutes by H.B. 1 of the 128th general assembly, the state board of education shall accept applications for new, and renewal and upgrade of, temporary, associate, provisional, and professional educator licenses, alternative educator licenses, one-year conditional teaching permits, and school nurse licenses through December 31, 2010, and issue them on the basis of t...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary, the state board shall issue a resident educator license under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code to each person who is assigned to teach in this state as a participant in the teach for America program and who satisfies the following conditions for the duration of the program: (1) Holds a...

...(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a school district shall require an individual to have an educator license validation in financial literacy to provide financial literacy instruction under division (C)(9) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code. (B) To obtain a license validation in financial literacy, an individual shall hold a valid educator license...

...This section does not apply to any applicant for an educator license that is designed for persons specializing in teaching children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, or the equivalent, in the area of dance, drama, theater, music, visual arts, or physical education or a specialty area substantially equivalent to any of these when such applicant will be teaching children in the specialty area specified in th...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary and except as provided in division (C) of this section, the state board shall issue an alternative resident educator license under division (C) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code to each applicant who meets the following conditions: (1) Holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited inst...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of education to the contrary, the state board of education shall issue an alternative resident educator license under division (C) of section 3319.26 of the Revised Code to each applicant who meets both of the following conditions: (1) The applicant has a master's degree in the subject area to be taught from an accred...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Dropout prevention and recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Industry-recognized credential program" means a career-technical course in which a student may earn an industry-recognized credential approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code. (3) "STEM school" means a science, technology, engineering, and mathemati...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession" shall be as described in rules adopted by the state board of education. (2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial di...

...The state board of education shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code and shall receive notification from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation of the arrest or conviction of the following persons: (A) Persons to whom the state board has issued a license, as defined in section 3319.31 ...

...(A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) No employee of a school district or educational service center shall do either of the following: (1) Knowingly make a false report to the district or service center superintendent, or the superintendent's designee, alleging misconduct by another employee of the district or service center; (2) Knowingly c...

...As used in sections 3319.325, 3319.326, and 3319.327 of the Revised Code: (A) "Education records" has the same meaning as in the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and does not include any of the following: (1) Records of instructional, supervisory, and administrative personnel and educational personnel that are in the sole possession of the maker and are not accessible or reve...

...A technology provider shall comply with Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code with regard to the collection, use, and protection of data as if it were a school district. (A) Education records created, received, maintained, or disseminated by a technology provider pursuant or incidental to a contract with a school district are solely the property of the school district. (B) If education records maintained by the techn...

...(A) No treasurer of a board of education or educational service center shall draw a check for the payment of a teacher for services until both of the following conditions are satisfied : (1) The treasurer receives a written statement from the district or service center superintendent, or superintendent's designee, that the teacher has filed with the superintendent or designee such reports as are required by the ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, the state board of education shall establish rules for the issuance of a supplemental teaching license. This license shall be issued at the request of the superintendent of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, educational service center, or the governing authority of a STEM school, chartered nonpublic school, or community school ...

...This section applies to any person hired by a school district, educational service center, or chartered nonpublic school and any contractor or person hired by a contractor engaged in providing services that may involve routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility for the care, custody, or control of a child to a school district, educational service center, or chartered nonpublic school in any position t...

...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 3301.07...