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...ed as follows: (A) The department of education and workforce shall prescribe standards and requirements which shall be met by persons who are eligible for such scholarships. Scholarships shall be allocated among the counties of the state on an equitable basis by the department, provided that not less than three such scholarships shall be available annually to residents of each county of the state. If, on the first...

... 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 of the note. The department shall hold said note until it has been paid or cancelled as prescribed in section 3315.35 of the Revised C...

...t of such statement in proper form, the board shall cancel the oldest notes given by such person covering the scholarship for one year and the interest accrued thereon. If for any reason a recipient of a scholarship ceases or, after licensure, fails to teach in the public schools of Ohio, except for death or total disability, or fails to file with the board by July first of each year a statement concerning the recipi...

...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...

...The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district or the governing board of any educational service center may establish an education foundation fund. Moneys in the fund shall consist of proceeds paid into the fund under division (B) of section 3313.36 of the Revised Code. In addition, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, a city, local, exempted villag...

...A board of education may create a trust for investment of money in the education foundation fund created pursuant to section 3315.40 of the Revised Code. The instrument creating such a trust shall do all of following: (A) Appoint a nonprofit foundation that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 501(a), as amended, and that is described in se...

...s the purchase price to be paid by the board for the state's interest in the project has not been paid; (B) A school district that has an outstanding loan under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Fiscal watch" means the existence of a fiscal watch declared under division (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Fiscal emergency" means the existence of a fiscal emergency declared under division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code. (C) "Fiscal emergency period" means the period of time commencing on the day when the auditor of state declares that a school district...

...lutions of the school district board of education, consistent with this chapter. Any provisions of Chapters 133. and 5705. of the Revised Code and the resolutions of the school district may be utilized in the issuance of debt obligations. However, provisions of this chapter prevail over provisions of Chapters 133. and 5705. of the Revised Code and the resolutions of the school district to the extent of any conflict o...

...ce, or a majority of the members of the board of education of the school district. (1) The auditor of state shall declare a school district to be in a state of fiscal watch if the auditor of state determines that both of the following conditions are satisfied with respect to the school district: (a) An operating deficit has been certified for the current fiscal year by the auditor of state, and the certified op...

...ict, after consulting with the district board of education concerning the practices or conditions, the director may declare the district to be under a fiscal caution. (2) If the auditor of state finds that a district is engaging in any of those practices or that any of those conditions exist within the district, the auditor of state shall report that finding to the director and, after consulting with the district ...

...16.03 of the Revised Code, the board of education of the school district shall prepare and submit to the director of education and workforce a financial plan delineating the steps the board will take to eliminate the district's current operating deficit and avoid incurring operating deficits in ensuing years, including the implementation of spending reductions. The financial plan also shall evaluate the feasibility o...

...ovide new operating revenue. (3) The board of education of the school district has adopted or amended the financial plan required by section 3316.04 of the Revised Code to reflect the restructured or refinanced loans, and sets forth the means by which the district will bring projected operating revenues and expenditures, and projected debt service obligations, into balance for the life of any such loan. (B) Sub...

... in consultation with the department of education and workforce, may conduct a performance audit of a school district in fiscal distress, including districts employing fiscal practices or experiencing budgetary conditions that could produce a state of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency, as determined by the auditor of state. The cost of a performance audit conducted under this section shall be paid by the auditor of...

...ection 3316.06 of the Revised Code, the board of education of the school district for which the plan was approved shall revise the district's current budget information and three-year projection of revenues and expenditures in accordance with rules adopted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code so that the current budget information and three-year projection are consistent with the financial plan or financial rec...

...ee of the director, and the director of education and workforce, or a designee of the director. A designee, when present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at any meeting of the commission and may vote and participate in all proceedings and actions of the commission. The designations shall be in writing, executed by the member making the designation, and filed with the secretary of the commi...

...cessary in order to maintain or improve educational opportunities of pupils in the school district, the plan may include a proposal to restructure or refinance outstanding debt obligations incurred by the board under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code contingent upon the approval, during the period of the fiscal emergency, by district voters of a tax levied under section 718.09, 718.10, 5705.194, 5705.21, 5748.02, ...

...sion fails to submit to the director of education and workforce under section 3316.06 of the Revised Code a financial recovery plan that is acceptable to the director of education and workforce, or if the director of education and workforce and the director of budget and management find that a commission is not materially complying with the provisions of its financial recovery plan, the directors may jointly dissolve...

...tures; (c) Require the school district board or superintendent to provide justification documents to substantiate, to the extent and in the manner considered necessary, any item of revenue or appropriation; (d) Not later than sixty days after taking office or after receiving the appropriation measure for the next fiscal year, issue a public report regarding its review pursuant to division (B)(1) of this secti...

...ing and supervision commission, and the board of education of the school district. Upon receiving the auditor of state's certification, the commission shall adopt a resolution requesting that the board of education work with the county auditor or tax commissioner to estimate the amount and rate of a tax levy that is needed under section 5705.194, 5705.199, or 5705.21 or Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code to produce a ...

...(A) The members of a school district financial planning and supervision commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid by the commission their necessary and actual expenses incurred while engaged in the business of the commission. (B) Any expense or obligation incurred by a commission under this chapter shall be payable solely from appropriations made by the general assembly.

...supervision commission and the board of education of the school district. (B) Modifying and supplementing the system of financial accounting and reporting to record and report its fiscal activities on an accurate, current, and continuous basis in order to facilitate the effective management of the affairs of the school district, and to assist in refining and improving the restructuring plan and amendments of it, fac...

...A school district board and all its officers and employees having possession of fiscal information or having the responsibility for developing that information, shall at all times cooperate in assisting the functions of the school district financial planning and supervision commission by providing to the commission, on a continuing basis, all fiscal information requested, ordered, or needed by the commission to formu...

...all be amended promptly by the board of education of the school district to be consistent with the plan. Any appropriation measure prior to approval by the board of education of the school district shall be submitted to the commission for review to determine whether the measure is consistent with the financial recovery plan. The school district, through the appropriate representatives of the board of education and th...

...ate, or to the school district board of education or county budget commission and cause the same to be mailed or delivered to appropriate officials as designated by this chapter or, where not so designated, as it considers appropriate. Any such certification, notification, order, or request, including preparation and submission of a financial recovery plan in accordance therewith and with this chapter, shall be effec...