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... Revised Code. (B) The department of education and workforce shall establish a program to provide additional funding for students enrolled in grades eight through twelve in eligible internet- or computer-based community schools. An eligible internet- or computer-based community school may choose to participate in the program by notifying the department not later than the first day of February of the school year in...

... this section: (1) "Competency-based educational program" means any system of academic instruction, assessment, grading, and reporting where students receive credit based on demonstrations and assessments of their learning rather than the amount of time they spend studying a subject. A competency-based educational program shall encourage accelerated learning among students who master academic materials quickly whi...

...The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules regarding the administration of programs that enroll individuals who are at least twenty-two years of age under sections 3314.38, 3317.23, 3317.24, and 3345.86 of the Revised Code, including data collection, the reporting and certification of enrollment in the programs, the measurement of the academic performance of individuals enrolled in the programs, and ...

...oses of this section, "competency-based educational program" and "eligible individual" have the same meanings as in section 3317.23 of the Revised Code. (B) An eligible individual may enroll in a joint vocational school district that operates an adult education program for up to two cumulative school years for the purpose of completing the requirements to earn a high school diploma. An individual enrolled under th...

...ter 340. of the Revised Code; (b) An educational service center; (c) A county board of developmental disabilities; (d) A community mental health prevention or treatment provider; (e) A board of health of a city or general health district; (f) A county department of job and family services; (g) A nonprofit organization with experience serving children; (h) A public hospital agency. (2) For fisc...

...For each fiscal year, the department of education and workforce shall notify each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district, community school, and STEM school, of the portion of the district or school's state share of the base cost calculated under section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code, that is attributable to the staffing cost for the student wellness and success component of the ...

...d. Under the program, the department of education and workforce shall pay each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and designated as a community school of quality under section 3317.28 of the Revised Code an amount up to three thousand dollars in each fiscal year for each student identified as economically disadvantaged and up to two thousand two hundred fifty dollars in each fiscal y...

... of each fiscal year, the department of education and workforce shall designate as a community school of quality each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that meets the criteria established in division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of this section. (A) A community school qualifies as a community school of quality if the school meets all of the following criteria: (1) The school's spo...

...d. Under the program, the department of education and workforce shall pay each STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code and designated as an independent STEM school of quality under this section an amount up to three thousand dollars in each fiscal year for each student identified as economically disadvantaged and up to two thousand two hundred fifty dollars in each fiscal year for each student...

... Revised Code, payment for the child's education services shall be administered by one of the following methods: (1) If the facility educates the child, the facility, or the chartered nonpublic school it operates, may submit its request for payment directly to the school district that is to bear the cost of educating the child, as determined under section 2151.362 of the Revised Code. That district shall pay ...

...The department of education and workforce shall pay each community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and each STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code an amount equal to twenty-five dollars in each fiscal year for each full-time equivalent student in an internet- or computer-based community school and one thousand dollars in each fiscal year for each full-time equivalen...

...ared for a career or for post-secondary education. (C) When funds are provided under this chapter specifically for services for a subgroup of students, the general assembly has determined that these students experience unique challenges requiring additional resources and intends that the funds so provided be used for services that will allow students in those subgroups to master the knowledge base required for hig...

...ol buildings to receive instruction and education and such facilities and building improvements for the operation and use of such rooms as may be needed in order to provide a complete educational program, and may include space within which a child care facility or a community resource center is housed. "Classroom facilities" includes any space necessary for the operation of a vocational education program for secondar...

... of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall annually do all of the following: (A) Calculate the adjusted valuation per pupil of each city, local, and exempted village school district according to the following formula: The district's valuation per pupil - [$30,000 X (1 - the district's income factor)]. For purposes of this calculation: (1) Except for a district with an open en...

...(A) For purposes of sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall periodically perform an assessment of the classroom facility needs in the state to identify school districts in need of additional classroom facilities, or replacement or reconstruction of existent classroom facilities, and the cost to each such district of constructing or acquiring such additional f...

...Notwithstanding section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission may conduct on-site visits to any school district whose district board adopts a resolution certifying to the commission the board's intent to participate in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code.

...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, within two years following the request of the school district, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall assess the current conditions of the classroom facilities needs of any school district that is not yet eligible for state assistance under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code and that requests such an assessment. The assessment ...

...In the first year of a capital biennium, any funds appropriated to the Ohio facilities construction commission for classroom facilities projects under this chapter in the previous capital biennium that were not spent or encumbered, or for which an encumbrance has been canceled under section 3318.05 of the Revised Code, shall be used by the commission only for projects under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised ...

...at the request of the district board of education, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall examine any classroom facilities needs assessment that has been conducted by the district and any master plan developed for meeting the facility needs of the district. (B) Upon conducting the on-site evaluation under section 3318.02 of the Revised Code, the Ohio facilities construction commission shall make a determi...

...pter. After consulting with appropriate education, health, and law enforcement personnel, the commission may require as a condition of project approval under either section 3318.03 or division (B)(1) of section 3318.41 of the Revised Code such changes in the design plans as the commission believes will advance or improve student and staff safety and health in the proposed classroom facility. To carry out its duties ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B), (D), and (E) of this section, the portion of the basic project cost supplied by the school district shall be the required percentage of the basic project costs. (B) For a district that opts to divide its entire classroom facilities needs into segments to be completed separately as authorized by section 3318.034 of the Revised Code, the portion of the basic project ...

...c project cost or the district board of education complied with section 3318.052 of the Revised Code. (3) In the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the district's project was conditionally approved, the district had an open enrollment net gain that was ten per cent or more of its formula ADM. (C) For each school district to which this section applies, the department of education and workforce shall r...

...(A) This section applies to both of the following: (1) Any school district that has not executed an agreement for a project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code prior to June 24, 2008; (2) Any school district that is eligible for additional assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any provis...

...(A) This section applies only if there is a change in the assessment rates on gas pipelines imposed under state law. (B) If at any time division (A) of this section applies and if the change in assessment rates described in that division affects a school district's valuation as determined under division (P) of section 3318.01 of the Revised Code by greater than ten per cent and if the Ohio facilities construction co...

...(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Basic project cost," "percentile," and "school district's portion of the basic project cost" have the same meanings as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Eligible school district" is a city, local, or exempted village school district that satisfies all of the following conditions: (a) The district intends to build new classroom facilities on land originally owned...

...Each state university listed in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code and each state college established through procedures provided in Chapter 3354., 3357., or 3358. of the Revised Code shall establish an office of contract compliance which shall be located in the office of the vice president for business and administration, or its equivalent. The office of contract compliance shall: (A) Monitor all contracts for co...

...(A) As used in this section, "course required for graduation" means an accredited, academic course that a state college or university, by published rule or bulletin, requires all candidates for a particular degree to complete successfully in order to be awarded the degree. (B) In addition to the authority granted in any other section of the Revised Code to boards of trustees of a state college or university, such bo...

...The boards of trustees of a state university, the board of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university, the board of trustees of a technical college or community college district, and the board of control of the Ohio agricultural research and development center may establish compensation plans, including schedules of hourly rates, for the compensation of all employees and may establish rules or policies f...

...section, no state institution of higher education shall provide excess benefits to an employee that would trigger the excise tax imposed under section 4980I of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 4980I. (C) A state institution of higher education may provide excess benefits to an employee that would trigger the excise tax imposed under section 4980I of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 4980I, if the excess benef...

...ied by rule of the chancellor of higher education. (3) "Statement of selective service status" means a statement certifying one of the following: (a) That the individual filing the statement has registered with the selective service system in accordance with the "Military Selective Service Act," 62 Stat. 604, 50 U.S.C. App. 453, as amended; (b) That the individual filing the statement is not required to regi...

...r employers, and institutions of higher education. (D) No state university or college shall prohibit any agency, unit, subdivision, or entity of the government of the United States, of the state, or of any other state from recruiting students on its campus for employment. Each state university or college shall provide to any state or federal government representative any employment recruitment or placement services ...

...(A) No student trustee of a state university or the northeast Ohio medical university shall use the trusteeship to influence any grade or other evaluation of the student trustee's performance made by a member of the faculty or other employee of the university. (B) No member of the faculty or other employee of a state university or the northeast Ohio medical university shall confer any favor, advantage, prefer...

...ees of each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall evaluate all courses and programs the institution offers based on enrollment and duplication of its courses and programs with those of other state institutions of higher education within a geographic region, as determined by the chancellor of higher education. For courses and programs with low enrollment, as d...

...his section to the chancellor of higher education. (E) The chancellor shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

...n thereof, by an institution of higher education or by others. (2) "Governmental agency" has the same meaning as in section 166.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Person" means individuals or entities engaged in industry, commerce, distribution, or research. (4) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (5) "Stock or other ownership" means equity or other own...

... 2016, each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall develop and implement a policy to advise students and staff on suicide prevention programs available on and off campus that includes all of the following: (1) Crisis intervention access, which shall include information for national, state, and local suicide prevention hotlines; (2) Mental health program ac...

...Each private college, as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code, shall include the telephone number for the national suicide and crisis lifeline, "988" or its successor, on each student identification card issued after the effective date of this section and on any electronic portal administered by the private college that may be accessed by students, if provided or used by the private college.

...ees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt and implement a policy to grant undergraduate course credit to a student who has successfully completed an international baccalaureate diploma program. The policy shall align with the standards adopted by the chancellor of higher education under division (C) of section 3333.163 of the Revised Code. (B) The policy adopted by each institution under this s...

...A state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall accept and provide credit for coursework in the same manner across all instructional models, except in the case of courses that require in-person observations and experiences, such as laboratories and clinicals, which may necessitate instruction through an in-person component rather than online instruction.

...s section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) Each state institution of higher education shall develop a course with not fewer than three credit hours in the subject area of American civic literacy. The course shall include a study of the American economic system and capitalism. The course shall comply with the criteria, policies, and procedu...

...ees of each state institution of higher education annually shall report to the chancellor of higher education any increase in or additional auxiliary fees charged by the institution and the justification for such increase or addition. The chancellor shall establish procedures for reporting the information required under division (D) of this section. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Auxiliary fees" mean charges ass...

...nce, counsel, instruction, training, or education of an injured person, for mental anguish, or for any other intangible loss. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or rules of a court to the contrary, in an action against a state university or college to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to persons or property caused by an act or omission of the state university or college itself, by a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Anabolic steroid" means a controlled substance, as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, that is designated as an anabolic steroid. (2) "State university or college" has the same meaning as in section 3345.32 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of trustees of each state university or college shall require the following warning to be conspicuously posted in locker rooms of...

...As used in sections 3345.421, 3345.422, 3345.423, and 3345.424 of the Revised Code: "Service member" means a person who is serving in the armed forces of the United States. "Veteran" means any person who has completed service in the armed forces, including the national guard of any state or a reserve component of the armed forces, and who has been discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces or...

...ees of each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Designate at least one person employed by the institution to serve as the contact person for veterans and service member affairs. Such a person shall assist and advise veterans and service members on issues related to earning college credit for military training, experience, and c...

...ty of each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall establish an appeals procedure for students who are veterans or service members for resolving disputes regarding the awarding of college credit for military experience.

..., 2014, no state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall charge a student who is a veteran or a service member any fee for the evaluation of, transcription of, or application for college credit for military experience.

...(A) The chancellor of higher education jointly with all state institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall develop standards for instructional workloads for full-time and part-time faculty in keeping with the institutions' missions and with special emphasis on the undergraduate learning experience. The standards shall contain clear guidelines for institutions to determin...

...s section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The chancellor of higher education shall develop a minimum set of standard questions for use by state institutions of higher education in student evaluations of faculty members. The questions shall include the following: "Does the faculty member create a classroom atmosphere free of political, r...

...s section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt a faculty annual performance evaluation policy and submit the policy to the chancellor of higher education. Each policy must contain an appeals process for faculty to appeal the final evaluation. Each state institution...

...Each city, local, and exempted village school district and chartered nonpublic school serving any of grades nine through twelve shall include the telephone number for the national suicide and crisis lifeline, "988" or its successor, on all of the following, if provided or used by the school: (A) Each student identification card issued after the effective date of this section ; (B) Each planner issued to a student...

...(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall provide for the free education of the youth of school age within the district under its jurisdiction, at such places as will be most convenient for the attendance of the largest number thereof. Each school so provided and each chartered nonpublic school shall be open for instruction with pupils in attendance, ...

...o the schedule adopted by the board of education of the school district or the governing authority of the chartered nonpublic school in accordance with section 3313.48 of the Revised Code.

...ision (B) of this section, the board of education of any joint vocational school district may include in its plan adopted under this section other options to make up any number of additional hours missed as a result of one or more of the schools of its member city, exempted village, or local school districts being closed for the reasons specified in division (B)(1) of this section. Those options may include additiona...

...ay of June each year, the department of education and workforce shall calculate and pay a subsidy to every school district that during the current fiscal year paid and was obligated to pay interest on a loan under sections 3313.483 to 3313.4810 of the Revised Code in excess of two per cent simple interest. The amount of the subsidy shall equal the difference between the amount of interest the district paid and was ob...

... of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall analyze the district's financial condition and ascertain what elements of the district's educational program exceed or fail to meet the minimum standards of the director of education and workforce and requirements set forth in the Revised Code, and what, if any, additional revenues or revenue sources may be available to the district that are not in...

...een days after the date the director of education and workforce issues an order under section 3313.487 of the Revised Code making a school district subject to this section, the district's board of education shall prepare a fiscal statement of expenses and expenditures for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The fiscal statement shall be submitted to the department of education and workforce and shall set forth ...

...(A) The director of education and workforce shall examine each school district's current budget information and three-year projection of revenues and expenditures submitted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code and shall determine whether the information contained therein, together with any other relevant information, indicates that the district may be financially unable to operate its instructional program on a...

...ment recommendations of the director of education and workforce for expenditure reduction and may not modify any other requirements imposed under such section upon such a district as a condition for receiving the loan unless expressly authorized to do so by law. The director shall, among any recommendations the director makes for expenditure reduction under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code affecting the number of...

...The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district may suspend, by resolution, temporarily or permanently, any school in such district because of disadvantageous location or any other cause. Whenever any school is suspended, the board of education of the district shall at once provide for the assignment of the pupils residing within the territory of the suspended school to such other sch...

...Boards of education and boards of health making tests for determining defects in hearing and vision in school children shall keep an accurate record of such tests and of measures taken to correct such hearing and visual defects. This record shall be kept on a form to be prescribed and furnished or approved by the director of health. Statistical data from such records shall be made available to official state and loca...

... district the treasurer of the board of education shall be the treasurer of the school funds. No moneys of a school district shall be paid out except on a check signed by the treasurer. If the treasurer is incapacitated in such manner that he is unable to sign such checks, the board may appoint an officer of the school district to sign such checks in the capacity of the treasurer. Payroll disbursements constitute an ...

...The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may organize evening schools. Any person more than eighteen years old may be permitted to attend evening school upon such terms and upon payment of such tuition as the board prescribes.

...or permit issued by the state board of education under section 3319.22, 3319.26, or 3319.27 of the Revised Code. (2) "Nonlicensed individual" means an individual who does not hold a valid educator license, certificate, or permit issued by the state board of education under section 3319.22, 3319.26, or 3319.27 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school distri...

...a high school for which the director of education and workforce sets standards pursuant to section 3301.07 of the Revised Code. Such programs are limited to courses for which credit may be granted toward the issuance of a high school diploma. (B) The board of education of any school district may establish and operate an adult high school continuation program. Two or more boards of education may jointly establish a...

...e Revised Code may request the board of education operating the program to conduct an evaluation in accordance with division (C) of this section. (B) Any applicant to a board of education for a diploma of adult education under division (B) of section 3313.611 of the Revised Code may request the board to conduct an evaluation in accordance with division (C) of this section. (C) Upon the request of any person pur...

...(A) The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may adopt a resolution to establish and maintain an alternative school in accordance with this section. The resolution shall specify, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following: (1) The purpose of the school, which purpose shall be to serve students who are on suspension, who are having truancy problems, who are experienc...

...(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy of zero tolerance for violent, disruptive, or inappropriate behavior and establish strategies to address such behavior that range from prevention to intervention. A policy adopted pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements of sections 3313.668 and 3319.46 of the Revised Code. (B) Each of the b...

...t later than July 1, 1998, the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall adopt rules requiring students in grades seven to twelve to attain a minimum grade point average, to be established by the board, as a condition for such students to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities. (C) Not later than July 1, 1998, the board of education shall ...

...(A) The superintendent of any school district may afford a student enrolled in another school district the opportunity to participate in ice hockey as an interscholastic athletic activity at a school of the superintendent's district if all of the following conditions apply: (1) The school district in which the student is enrolled does not offer ice hockey as an interscholastic athletic activity. (2) The school di...

...ipant. (D) No school district board of education shall take any action contrary to the provisions of this section. (E) No school or school district shall impose additional rules on a student to participate under this section that do not apply to other students participating in the same extracurricular activity. No school or school district shall impose fees for a student to participate under this section that ...

...(A) No student who attends school in this state shall be denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents do not reside in this state, if the student resides in this state with the student's grandparent, uncle, aunt, or sibling who has legal or temporary custody of the student or is the guardian of the student. (B) No school district, school, interscholas...

...rgery. (B) No school district board of education or governing authority of a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school shall permit a student to practice for or compete in interscholastic athletics until the student has submitted, to a school official designated by the board or governing authority, a form signed by the parent, guardian, or other person having care or charge of the student stating that the stu...

... operated by a school district board of education; (b) Any chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school that is subject to the rules of an interscholastic conference or an organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or events. (2) As used in this section, "athletic activity" means all of the following: (a) Interscholastic athletics; (b) An athletic contest or competition that is sponsored by or ...

...(A) As used in this section and in section 3313.5312 of the Revised Code, "extracurricular activity" has the same meaning as in section 3313.537 of the Revised Code. (B) If the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled does not offer the extracurricular activity, a student enrolled in a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school shall be afforded, by the superintendent of the school district in which the stu...