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...The board of education of any school district may expend funds for the purpose of conducting, or entering into contracts for, studies or surveys pertaining to school district organization and building needs, curriculum and instructional needs, and needs for improved or additional services that may be rendered by such board. The board of education of any school district may publish reports prepared in connection with ...

...(A) The board of education of any school district may expend moneys from its general revenue fund for the operation of such student activity programs included in the program of each school district as authorized by its board of education. Such expenditure shall not exceed five-tenths of one per cent of the board's annual operating budget. (B) If more than fifty dollars a year is received through a student activity p...

...No board of education of any school district shall expend more than fifteen per cent of the board's annual operating budget on administrative salaries and benefits and other costs associated with the district's administrative offices.

...(A) The board of education of each school district may provide an instructional program for the employees of the district. The board may provide the necessary bulletins and instructional material in connection with the program and pay the cost of meetings held for the purpose of carrying out the program. (B) The board of any district or educational service center may provide bulletins or other materials necess...

...In any school district the salaries of all employees and officers of the board of education and all payrolls may be paid in such manner as the board may authorize. To provide money for such payment if made in cash, the president and the treasurer of the board shall, upon receipt of the proper payroll and warrant, issue checks upon the depositories payable to the treasurer of the board for the aggregate amounts stated...

...ted village, local, or joint vocational school districts or the governing boards of educational service centers may enter into contracts for a term not exceeding one year, upon such terms as each board deems expedient, with each other, or with the trustees or other authorized officials of any college or university, legally organized, for the purpose of obtaining in such school district or educational service center i...

...ted village, local, or joint vocational school districts or the governing boards of educational service centers may enter into contracts for a term not exceeding one year, upon such terms as each board deems expedient, with each other, or with a private driver training school licensed under section 4508.03 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of providing instruction in driver education under section 3301.17 of the R...

...cised by, the board of education of the school district including such municipal corporation. Such board shall be the representative and trustee of such municipal corporation in the management and control of such estates and funds so held in trust and in the administration of such institution, excepting funds and estates held by any municipal corporation which are used to maintain a university. For the uses and purp...

...of any city, exempted village, or local school district may establish and maintain a replacement fund, and for that purpose, set aside annually out of its revenue such sum as is necessary for said purpose. In case of total or partial destruction of any of the property of said board from any cause or in case, because of the unfitness of such property, it becomes necessary at any time to demolish the same in whole or i...

...e investment of the sinking fund of any school district having a bonded indebtedness, and all interest received from such investments, shall form a part of said fund and may be invested in like manner.

... with safe deposit companies within the school district, or, if none exists, then in a place of safety to be indicated or furnished by the board, and when so deposited they shall be drawn only upon the application of such board and in the presence of three designated members of such board.

...be used by the board for any authorized school purposes.

... than sixty thousand dollars in any one school year from such service fund.

... exempted village, and joint vocational school district and the governing board of each educational service center may establish a computer science and technology fund to support computer science programs and professional development related to those programs operated by the district or service center. The fund may consist of district or service center moneys that legally may be used for that purpose and that are not...

...ed village, local, and joint vocational school district shall establish a capital and maintenance fund. Each board annually shall deposit into that fund an amount derived from revenues received by the district that would otherwise have been deposited in the general fund that is equal to three per cent of the statewide average base cost per pupil for the preceding fiscal year, as defined in section 3317.02 of the Revi...

...ted village, local, or joint vocational school district, in meeting the amount required by that division to be deposited in the district's capital and maintenance fund, may replace general fund revenues with proceeds received from a permanent improvement levy authorized by section 5705.21 of the Revised Code only to the extent the proceeds are available to be used for the acquisition, replacement, enhancement, mainte...

...1, 2001, the board of education of any school district annually may elect to set aside funds for capital and maintenance in accordance with the provisions of that section as it existed prior to July 1, 2001, and the rules adopted under that section. Any district board making such an election under this section shall notify the auditor of state within ninety days after the beginning of the fiscal year whether t...

...A school district may have a deficit in any special fund of the district only if both of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) The district has a request for payment pending with the state sufficient to cover the amount of the deficit and there is a reasonable likelihood that the payment will be made. (B) The unspent and unencumbered balance in the district's general fund is greater than the aggregate of defi...

...nties, the amount of interest on common school fund due to such township shall be paid in the manner provided in sections 3315.27 and 3315.28 of the Revised Code to the county treasurer of the county wherein the greatest relative portion of such township is situated. If it is uncertain in which county such portion is situated, the amount of interest due to such township shall be paid to the county treasurer of the o...

...o by congress for the support of public schools has been sold, the county auditor of the county to whose treasurer the interest on the proceeds of such sale is paid must apportion such interest to the counties in which such township is situated in proportion to the youth of the township enumerated in each. Such auditor shall certify to the auditor of each of the other counties the amount so ascertained to belong to t...

...d other money for the support of common schools in his county, and pay them to the county treasurer. He also must inspect all accounts of interest accruing on account of lands reserved by congress in each township for school purposes, or other school lands, whether it is payable by the state or by the debtors; and take all proper measures to secure to each school district in his county the full amount of school funds...

...the existing teacher shortage in public schools, to be administered and expended as prescribed in sections 3315.33 to 3315.35 of the Revised Code. Appropriations by the general assembly for the purpose of scholarships for teacher trainees shall be paid into this fund. Each scholarship for a teacher trainee shall have a maximum value of five hundred dollars annually and shall be awarded as follows: (A) The depar...

...Each person who receives a scholarship shall execute a promissory note which shall be endorsed by some responsible citizen, and shall deliver said note to the department of education and workforce or to its representative. Each such note shall be made payable to the treasurer of state for the amount of the quarterly or semi-annual payment, and shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per annum from the date o...

...At the expiration of each school year of service as a teacher in the public schools of Ohio by a person who has benefited from a scholarship granted under sections 3315.33 to 3315.35 of the Revised Code, such person shall submit to the department of education and workforce a statement of service on a form provided for that purpose and certified by the superintendent of the school district in which the person has taug...

...The board of education of a school district may establish a teacher education loan program and may expend school funds for the program. The program shall be for the purpose of making loans to students who are residents of the school district or graduates of schools in the school district, who are enrolled in teacher preparation programs at institutions approved by the chancellor of higher education pursuant to sectio...

...d by a local, city, or exempted village school district on April 12, 2021, and is still employed by that district on the dates specified under division (C)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section as follows: (a) Not later than the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, each district teacher employed by a local, city, or exempted village school district who provides instruction for students in kindergarten and first gr...

...Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, each city, local, and exempted village school district shall establish a structured literacy certification process for teachers providing instruction for students in grades kindergarten through three employed by the district. Each process shall align with the guidebook developed under section 3323.25 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The holder of a valid educator license with a grade band specification prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, as that division existed prior to October 3, 2023, who renews that license may receive either of the following: (1) A grade band specification prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, as that division existed prior to October 3, 2023; (...

...ed 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 authorizes compensation in addition to the sal...

...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 written contracts for their ...

...In all school districts wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply, each board of education shall cause notice to be given annually not later than the first day of July to each nonteaching school employee, who holds a contract valid for the succeeding school year, as to the salary to be paid such school employee during such year. Such salary shall not be lower than the salary paid during ...

...In all school districts wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply, each board of education shall cause notice to be given of its intention not to re-employ said non-teaching employee, at the expiration of his contract. If such notice is not given the non-teaching school employee on or before the first day of June, said employee shall be deemed re-employed.

...In all school districts each full-time nonteaching school employee including full-time hourly-rate and per diem employees, after service of one year with a board of education, shall be entitled, during each year thereafter, while continuing in the employ of such board of education, to vacation leave with full pay for a minimum of two calendar weeks, excluding legal holidays. Employees continuing in the employ of such...

...Any nonteaching school employee who performs service in the uniformed services or service under section 5923.12 of the Revised Code and who has returned, or returns, from that service with a discharge under honorable conditions or is released from service under section 5923.12 of the Revised Code shall be re-employed by the board of education of the district in which the nonteaching school employee held the nonteachi...

...In all school districts, forty hours shall be the standard work week for all non-teaching school employees. Such employees shall not be required to work on days declared by the employing board of education as school holidays unless failure to work on such holidays would impair the public service. Where such employees are required by their responsible administrative superiors to work in excess of forty hours in any se...

...e Revised Code, all regular nonteaching school employees employed on an eleven or twelve month basis, whether salaried or compensated on an hourly or per diem basis, are entitled to a minimum of the following holidays for which they shall be paid their regular salary or their regular rate of pay, provided each such employee accrued earnings on the employee's next preceding and next following scheduled work days befor...

...nt" 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 aide permits and educational paraprofessional...

...f any city, local, or exempted village school district may adopt a resolution approving a contract with a county department of job and family services under section 5107.541 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a child enrolled in a public school in that district to fulfill the work requirements of the work experience program by volunteering or working in that pu...

...(A) The board of education of any school district wherein the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code do not apply may terminate any of its transportation staff positions for reasons of economy and efficiency if the board instead of employing its own staff to transport some or all of the students enrolled in the district schools enters into a contract with an independent agent for the provision of transp...

...section, if the board of education of a school district offers to students of compulsory school age courses for high school credit that are taught at times outside the district's normal school day, the board shall enter into supplemental contracts under section 3319.08 of the Revised Code with the teachers assigned to teach those courses and shall not include such assignment of duties within the teachers' regular emp...

...elve in a public or chartered nonpublic school and that is required for completion of the program. (B) Notwithstanding section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, a school district or school may employ an individual who holds a permit issued under this section as a substitute teacher. The individual may teach for up to the equivalent of one full semester, subject to the approval of the employing district board of educat...

...each and who are employed in the public schools of this state as instructors, principals, supervisors, superintendents, or in any other educational position for which the state board of education requires licensure under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code including persons having a license issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code and employed in an educational position, as deter...

...e hundred twenty days or more during a school year and re-employed for or assigned to a specific teaching position for the succeeding year shall receive a contract as a regular teacher if the substitute meets the local educational requirements for the employment of regular teachers. Teachers employed as substitutes on a casual or day-to-day basis shall not be entitled to the notice of nonre-employment prescri...

... applies to the board of education of a school district to be employed as a substitute teacher and the person does not hold a valid teacher's certificate issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and if the superintendent of the district believes the person's application materials indicate that the person is qualified to obtain a teacher's certificate under those sections, the board may conditiona...

...(A) As used in this section, "school governing body" means any of the following: (1) The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district; (2) The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; (3) The governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; (4) The governing authority of ...

...ion 3319.08 of the Revised Code, that a school district board of education or governing board of an educational service center enters into with a teacher who is not eligible for continuing service status. (3) "Extended limited contract" means a limited contract, as described in section 3319.08 of the Revised Code, that a board of education or governing board enters into with a teacher who is eligible for continuin...

.... (A) The board of education of each school district, in consultation with teachers employed by the board, shall update its standards-based teacher evaluation policy to conform with either the framework for evaluation of teachers adopted under section 3319.112 of the Revised Code or a framework created or adopted by the board. The policy shall become operative at the expiration of any collective bargaining agreeme...

...of the evaluation and is aligned to any school district or building improvement plan required for the teacher's district or building under the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," as amended by the "Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015," Pub. L. No. 114-95, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.; (9) Provides for professional development to accelerate and continue teacher growth and provide support to poorly performing...

...d 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 school or school district's report card issued under section 3...

...lds a contract valid for the succeeding school year, as to the salary to be paid such teacher during such year. Such salary shall not be lower than the salary paid during the preceding school year unless such reduction is a part of a uniform plan affecting the entire district. This section does not prevent increases of salary after the board's annual notice has been given. Except by mutual agreement of the pa...