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...sed Code. (A) A member of the state teachers retirement system who, as of the thirtieth day of June immediately preceding the date on which the system establishes an STRS defined contribution plan, has less than five years of total service credit is eligible to make an election under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after the day the state teachers retirement board first establishes an STRS defi...

...A member of the state teachers retirement system who elects to participate in an STRS defined contribution plan shall be ineligible for any benefit or payment under the STRS defined benefit plan and, except as provided in section 3307.25 of the Revised Code, shall be forever barred from claiming or purchasing service credit with the system or any other Ohio state retirement system for service covered by the ele...

...(A) Each teacher shall contribute a certain per cent of the teacher's earned compensation, except that the per cent shall be not greater than fourteen per cent of the teacher's compensation. The per cent shall be as follows: (1) For compensation earned not later than June 30, 2013, ten per cent; (2) For compensation earned on or after July 1, 2013, but not later than June 30, 2014, eleven per cent; (3) For compens...

...ion 124.385 of the Revised Code, any teacher who is granted disability leave pursuant to a program sponsored by the teacher's employer, whereby the teacher receives a percentage of the teacher's salary while on disability leave, shall not be required to make contributions for time off while on disability leave. Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, each employer described in division (...

...The contributions required under section 3307.26 of the Revised Code may be paid by the employer in accordance with division (h) of section 414 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 414(h), as amended.

...Each employer shall pay to the state teachers retirement system an amount which shall be a certain per cent of the earnable compensation of all members, and which shall be known as the "employer contribution." Each employer shall remit the employer contribution at intervals required by the state teachers retirement system. For members participating in the STRS defined benefit plan, the employer contribution shall be ...

...Each employer shall cause to be deducted, on each payroll of a contributor for each payroll period, the contribution payable by such contributor as provided in this chapter. Each employer shall certify to the treasurer of said employer on each payroll a statement as voucher for the amounts so deducted and for the amount of the normal contribution and the deficiency contribution payable by the employer. Each employer ...

...The treasurer of each employer, on receipt from the employer of the voucher for deductions from the compensation of teachers and for the contributions of the employer, shall transmit monthly or at such times as the state teachers retirement board designates the amounts specified in such voucher to the secretary of the board. The secretary, after making a record of all such receipts, shall pay them to the treasurer of...

...g penalties to be paid by employers who fail to transmit to the state teachers retirement system the contributions required under sections 3307.26 and 3307.28 of the Revised Code. The rules may provide for interest, at a rate determined by the board, in addition to the penalties.

...ectly by taxation shall levy annually such additional taxes as are required to provide the additional funds necessary to meet the financial requirements imposed upon them by this chapter, and said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all other items except for sinking fund or interest purposes.

...and governing authorities of community schools to the state teachers retirement system, as provided in sections 3307.29 and 3307.291 of the Revised Code, shall be made from the amount allocated under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code prior to its distribution to the individual school districts or community schools. The amount due from each school district or community school shall be certified by the secretary of the...

...All amounts due the state teachers retirement system from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.

...Membership in the state teachers retirement system shall cease on occurrence of any of the following: receipt of payment pursuant to section 3307.56 of the Revised Code or under an STRS defined contribution plan; retirement as provided in sections 3307.58 and 3307.59 of the Revised Code or under an STRS defined contribution plan; death; or denial of membership pursuant to section 3307.24 of the Revised Code.

...ent system resulting from an employer's failure to give timely notice may be charged to the employer and may be certified and deducted as provided in section 3307.31 of the Revised Code. (E) On receipt of notice from an employer that a person who is an other system retirant has been employed, the state teachers retirement system shall notify the state retirement system of which the other system retirant was a member...

... of membership. The retired member is a superannuate for purposes of section 3307.35 of the Revised Code. (E) Effective July 1, 2014, a member may continue to contribute to the retirement system for another STRS position or other state retirement system position under division (B)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section only for those positions the member continuously held for at least twelve consecutive months immedia...

...y submit an application to the state teachers retirement system for a benefit consisting of a single life annuity. The annuity shall have a reserve equal to the amount of the superannuate's or retirant's accumulated contributions, as defined in section 3307.50 of the Revised Code, for the period of employment, other than the contributions excluded pursuant to division (F) of section 3307.35 of the Revised Code, and a...

...lude the time, date, and location at which the public meeting is to take place. (C) A board or commission that proposes to continue a person's employment or rehire the person as a reemployed superannuate to a position that the board or commission has urgent reasons to fill in an expedited manner shall give thirty days' notice under division (B)(1) of this section. The board or commission shall include an explanatio...

...Code are invested at the direction of a superannuate or other system retirant in accordance with investment options established by the board. If the board establishes a plan, the state teachers retirement system shall transfer a superannuate's or other system retirant's contributions to the plan.

...thstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit payable under this chapter, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under...

...s for loss resulting from any action or failure to act in compliance with this section.

...nt to this chapter is charged with any offense or violation listed or described in divisions (D)(1) to (3) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code that is a felony in the circumstances specified in the particular division, all of the following apply: (1) No payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amount or amounts to be paid to a person who is a contributor under this chapter upon the person...

...ement system member is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division, the system shall determine whether the member has been granted a disability benefit. If so, the system shall send written notice to the prosecutor assigned to the case that the member has been granted a disability benefit under this chapter and may be ...

...(A) The state teachers retirement board may enter into an agreement with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or surgical coverage, or any combination thereof, for those individuals receiving, under the STRS defined benefit plan, service retirement or a disability or survivor ...

...orporation, the board shall request the superintendent of insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or corporation. The board shall not enter into the agreement if, according to that certification, the company or corporation is insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to be potentially unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or is placed under an order of rehabilitation or conserv...

...The state teachers retirement board may establish a death benefit plan providing for a lump sum payment to eligible beneficiaries, in addition to the lump sum payment made under section 3307.661 of the Revised Code, on the death of a person receiving an allowance or benefit pursuant to this chapter. Any plan established under this section shall be administered separately from any other benefit or plan governed by thi...

...le collective bargaining agreement. The failure of the board, chief executive officer, or administrator designated by the chief executive officer to strictly comply with any procedures established by this section or applicable collective bargaining agreement shall not be cause for an arbitrator to overturn the termination or disciplinary suspension without pay, unless the arbitrator finds that the failure resul...

...ision (E) of this section, a municipal school district shall be subject to this section instead of section 3319.17 of the Revised Code with respect to suspension of teacher contracts, but sections 3311.72, 3319.17, and 3319.171 of the Revised Code shall apply to the district with respect to suspension of contracts of other district employees who may be licensed by the state board of education. (A) When, for a...

... Revised Code, except as follows: (1) Failure of the principal's building to meet academic performance standards established by the chief executive officer shall be considered good and just cause for termination under that section. (2) If the chief executive officer intends to recommend to the board that the principal's contract be terminated, the chief executive officer shall provide the principal a written ...

...(A) The board of education of each municipal school district annually shall approve a calendar or calendars establishing a school year that complies with the minimum school year prescribed by section 3313.48 of the Revised Code. The board has final authority to establish a school calendar, including the starting and ending times for the school day, for one or more of the district's school buildings that provide...

...n: (1) "Alliance" means a municipal school district transformation alliance established as a nonprofit corporation. (2) "Alliance municipal school district" means a municipal school district for which an alliance has been created under this section. (3) "Partnering community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that is located within the territory of a municipa...

...rce, in conjunction with the municipal school district transformation alliance established under section 3311.86 of the Revised Code, if such an alliance is established under that section, and a statewide nonprofit organization whose membership is comprised solely of entities that sponsor community schools and whose members sponsor the majority of start-up community schools in the state, shall do all of the following...

...n may permit all or part of any of the schools under its control, upon request of a proposing person or group and provided the person or group meets the requirements of this chapter, to become a community school. (2) Any person or group of individuals may propose the creation of a community school pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No nonpublic chartered or nonchartered school in existence on January 1, 199...

...(A) Every community school established under this chapter shall have a designated fiscal officer. Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, the fiscal officer shall be employed by or engaged under a contract with the governing authority of the community school. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall require that the fisca...

...shall issue an annual report card for each community school, regardless of how long the school has been in operation. The report card shall report the academic and financial performance of the school . The report card shall include all information applicable to school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. The ratings a community school receives under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for its first tw...

... internet- or computer-based community school shall operate unless the school was open for instruction as of May 1, 2005. No entity described in division (C)(1) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code shall enter into a contract to sponsor an internet- or computer-based community school, including a conversion school, between May 1, 2005, and May 22, 2013, except as follows: (1) The entity may renew a contract that...

... 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. In carrying out its duties under this section, the department shall do all of the follo...

...uirement, should a new community school fail to open by the thirtieth day of September of the calendar year in which the community school contract is executed; (v) No limit on the number of community schools the entity may sponsor; (vi) No territorial restrictions on sponsorship. An entity may continue to sponsor any community schools with which it entered into agreements under division (B)(6)(a)(v) or (vi) ...

...be by rules, adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, an academic performance rating and report card system that satisfies the requirements of this section for dropout prevention and recovery community schools, to be used in lieu of the system prescribed under sections 3302.03 and 3314.012 of the Revised Code beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. Each such school shall comply with the testing ...

... authorities of two or more community schools may enter into a pooling agreement under which the schools may act jointly to do any of the following: (A) Purchase health insurance for the schools' employees; (B) Secure liability insurance for the schools; (C) Purchase other goods or services necessary for the operation of the schools; (D) Provide transportation to students enrolled in the schools.

...A community school's sponsor shall communicate with the auditor of state regarding an audit of the school or the condition of financial and enrollment records of the school, and shall maintain a presence at any and all meetings with the auditor of state regardless of whether the sponsor has entered into an agreement with another entity to perform all or part of the sponsor's oversight duties.

...computer science and technology fund to support computer science programs and professional development related to those programs operated by the community school. The fund may consist of community school moneys that legally may be used for that purpose and that are not otherwise designated for other purposes. It also may consist of private moneys donated to the school or any future state moneys allocated to the schoo...

...en convicted of a substantially similar offense in another state. (b) No person shall serve on the governing authority or engage in the financial day-to-day management of the community school under contract with the governing authority unless and until that person has submitted to a criminal records check in the manner prescribed by section 3319.39 of the Revised Code. (c) Each sponsor of a community school sha...

...designee as the sponsor of a community school established under this chapter; (2) Continue to sponsor that school in conformance with the terms of the contract between the board of trustees or its designee and the governing authority of the community school and renew that contract as provided in division (D) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code. (C) The entity that succeeds the board of trustees or the board'...

...e governing authority of any community school established under this chapter may contract with the governing authority of another community school, the board of education of a school district, the governing board of an educational service center, a county board of developmental disabilities, or the administrative authority of a nonpublic school for provision of services for any disabled student enrolled at the schoo...

...school's closure. If the fiscal officer fails to provide the records in a timely manner, or fails to faithfully perform any of the fiscal officer's other duties, the sponsor has the right of action against the fiscal officer to compel delivery of all financial and enrollment records of the school and shall, if necessary, seek recovery of any funds owed as a result of any finding of recovery by the auditor of state ag...

...n; (9) Other purchased services; (10) Supplies; (11) Land; (12) Buildings; (13) Improvements other than buildings; (14) Equipment; (15) All other capital outlay; (16) Principal; (17) Interest; (18) Judgments; (19) Other direct and indirect costs. (C) The expenses set forth in division (B) of this section shall be disaggregated according to the following designations, as applicable: (1) Regular instructio...

...ontracted services; (3) Materials and supplies; (4) Equipment, furniture, and fixtures; (5) Facilities; (6) Other expenditures. (C) The report submitted under this section shall be a factor when evaluating a sponsor's compliance with applicable law and administrative rules as prescribed under division (B)(1)(c) of section 3314.016 of the Revised Code. The report also may be used as a factor when evaluating ...

...into a contract to sponsor a community school on April 8, 2003, may continue to sponsor the school in conformance with the terms of that contract and also may enter into new contracts to sponsor community schools after April 8, 2003, as long as the contracts conform to and the entity complies with all other provisions of this chapter. Regardless of the entity's authority to sponsor community schools without the ini...

... Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, a community school that meets the following conditions may operate from the facility in which the school was located in the 2008-2009 school year and shall not be required to locate to another school district: (1) The school was located in the facility for at least the three school years prior to the 2009-2...

...This section establishes the Ohio school sponsorship program. The department of education and workforce shall establish an office of Ohio school sponsorship to perform the department's duties prescribed by this section. (A)(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, any person, group of individuals, or entity may apply to the department for direct authorization to establish a community school and,...