Ohio Revised Code Search

...If an entire school district or that part of a school district which comprises the territory in which a school is situated is transferred to any other district, or if a new school district is created, the nonteaching school employees in such district or school immediately prior to such transfer or creation shall have civil service status in the newly created district, or in the district to which the territory is tran...

...(A) Whenever an employee of a board of education, other than an employee who is a license holder to whom section 3319.52 of the Revised Code applies, is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a violation of section 2907.04 or 2907.06 or of division (A) or (B) of section 2907.07 of the Revised Code, an offense of violence, theft offense, or drug abuse offense that is not a minor misdemeanor, or a violation of an o...

...Whenever a local director or member of a board of education votes for or participates in the making of a contract with a person as a teacher or instructor in a public school to whom he is related as father, brother, mother, or sister, or acts in any matter in which he is pecuniarily interested, such contract, or such act in such matter, is void. This section does not apply where a director or a member of such board,...

...ance, drama or theater, world language, health, library or media, music, physical education, teaching English to speakers of other languages, career-technical education, or visual arts or to any license issued to an intervention specialist, including a gifted intervention specialist, or to any other license that does not align to the grade band specifications. (2)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(2)(b) of thi...

...(A) The state board of education, the department of education and workforce, any city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district board of education, and any other public school, as defined in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code, shall not require a separate pupil services license issued by the state board as a credential for working in a public school, on either a permanent basis or a substitute...

...(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) The superintendent of public instruction and the chancellor of higher education jointly shall establish the Ohio teacher residency program, which shall be a two-year, entry-level program for classroom teachers. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the teacher residency program shall include at least the following components: (1) Mentoring by teachers, which may be provided online or in person. T...

...Notwithstanding section 3319.30 of the Revised Code, a school district or educational service center may contract with a provider licensed under Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code for speech and language services or for audiology services. The contracted services shall be retained only after the district or service center has demonstrated to the department of education and workforce that attempts to obtain the service...

...(A) Beginning July 1, 2019, the state board of education shall issue educator licenses for substitute teaching only under this section. (B) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, the state board shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a license under this section and for renewal of the license. Except as provided in division (G) of section 3319.229 of the Revised Code, 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) This section applies only to a person who meets the following conditions: (1) Holds a minimum of a baccalaureate degree; (2) Has been licensed and employed as a teacher in another state for each of the preceding five years; (3) Was initially licensed as a teacher in any state within the preceding fifteen years; (4) Has not had a teacher's license suspended or revoked in any state. (B)(1) Not later ...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of former section 3319.229 of the Revised Code by S.B. 216 of the 132nd general assembly, the state board of education shall accept applications for new, and for renewal of, professional career-technical teaching licenses through June 30, 2019, and issue them on the basis of the applications received by that date in accordance with the rules described in that former section. Except a...

...(A) The state board of education shall issue a one-year nonrenewable out-of-state educator license, valid for teaching the grade levels and curriculum areas named in such license, upon the request of an employing school district to a qualified applicant who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is deemed to be of good moral character; (2) Is an out-of-state applicant and the holder of a valid out-of-state ...

...(A) An individual who holds an adult education permit may be employed by any school district and shall not be limited to employment solely by the district that recommended and employed that individual at the time of the initial issuance of the individual's permit. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3319.226 of the Revised Code, an individual who holds an adult education permit issued by the sta...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3319.229 of the Revised Code, the state board of education shall issue a two-year career-technical educator license to an individual who meets all of the following conditions: (a) The individual holds a valid educator license issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (b) The individual has at least five years of work experience in the ...

...(A) The state board of education shall enter into an agreement with a construction trade organization located in this state, such as affiliated construction trades (ACT) Ohio, or its successor organization, to develop a training program to educate school counselors about building and construction trades career pathways. A training program developed under this section shall be completed at a building and constructi...

...A valid educator license for teaching social studies in the applicable grade shall be considered sufficient to teach the additional American history and American government content adopted under division (A)(1)(b) of section 3301.079 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this section, "community service" has the same meaning as in section 3313.605 of the Revised Code. The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules establishing qualifications for the teaching of community service education for high school credit under division (C) of section 3313.605 of the Revised Code. In addition, the department shall provide technical assistance to school districts provi...

...The state board of education shall adopt standards for attaining a license for teaching students with visual disabilities that require the licensee to demonstrate competency in reading and writing braille. The standards for demonstrating competency shall be developed with reference to those adopted for transcribers by the national library service for the blind and print disabled, library of congress.

...(A) All new educator licenses issued for grades pre-kindergarten through eight shall require the applicant to attain a passing score on a rigorous examination of principles of scientifically research-based reading instruction that is aligned with the reading competencies adopted by the department of education and workforce under section 3301.077 of the Revised Code. (B) The state board shall adopt rules in accorda...

...(A) The standards for the preparation of teachers adopted under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code shall require any institution that provides a course of study for the training of teachers to ensure that graduates of such course of study are skilled at integrating educational technology in the instruction of children, as evidenced by the graduate having either demonstrated proficiency in such skills in a manner pr...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (E) of this section, a school district shall require an individual to hold a valid educator license in computer science, or have a license endorsement in computer technology and a passing score on a content examination in the area of computer science, to teach computer science courses. (B) A school district may employ an individual, for the purpose of teaching computer sci...

...(A) The standards for the preparation of teachers adopted under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code shall require each institution that provides a teacher preparation program to include a semester course, or the equivalent, for all students pursuing a license to teach in any of grades pre-kindergarten through five that includes instruction on all of the following: (1) Positive behavior intervention and supports and...

...(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...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Approved costs" means any costs necessary to meet the additional requirements adopted by the state board of education under division (B) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code for educator license validation in financial literacy. (2) "Eligible entity" includes the following: (a) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district; (b) A community school...