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...The attorney general may educate school districts about contracting with any entity that provides students with account-based access to a web site or an online service, including electronic mail.

...he adoption of a resolution, a board of education may accept any bequest made to it by will or may accept any gift or endowment upon the conditions and stipulations contained in the will or connected with the gift or endowment. For the purpose of enabling the board to carry out the conditions and limitations upon which a bequest, gift, or endowment is made, it may make all rules required to fully carry them into effe...

...The governing board of any educational service center may borrow money for the purpose of purchasing computer equipment, subject to the terms and conditions agreed to by the governing board and the lender. The principal and interest on such indebtedness shall be discharged solely from the revenues available to the educational service center governing board, and the proceeds of the loan shall be used solely for the pu...

... conservation measure. (B) A board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district may enter into an installment payment contract for the purchase and installation of energy conservation measures. The provisions of such installment payment contracts dealing with interest charges and financing terms shall not be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of section 3313.46 o...

... the following apply: (1) The board of education of the district has entered into rental agreements for administrative office facilities for at least ten consecutive years; (2) The rent paid by the board has increased at an average annual percentage rate of not less than four per cent during the ten-year period immediately preceding the date on which the board adopts the resolution described in division (B) of this...

...The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, the governing board of an educational service center, or the governing authority of a community school may enter into a lease-purchase agreement providing for construction; enlarging or other improvement, furnishing, and equipping; lease; and eventual acquisition of facilities or improvements to facilities, including but n...

...d Code to receive any services from an educational service center. For the purpose of obtaining quantity discounts in purchasing textbooks; computer equipment, including computer software; school buses; and natural gas, electricity, and other utility services, the governing boards of two or more educational service centers may enter into agreements, including installment purchase and lease-purchase contracts,...

...3.378 of the Revised Code to a board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district that applies for a loan under section 3313.372 or 3313.373 of the Revised Code. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits a board of education that receives a loan under this section from utilizing any other energy efficiency program. (D) The terms of a loan issued under this section shall be as ...

...(A) The school energy performance contracting loan fund is created in the custody of the treasurer of state, but is not part of the state treasury. The money in the fund shall be used for purposes of funding loans issued under section 3313.377 of the Revised Code. The fund shall consist of the funds transferred from the solar generation fund, repayments of loans from this fund, interest on amounts in the school energ...

...The board of education of a school district that is inaccessible from the mainland at some time of the year for any reason may purchase, erect, or rent, and maintain a residence for a principal or teacher, when in the opinion of a majority of the members of the board it is necessary to insure adequate personnel for the schools of such district. To provide a sum sufficient for the purchase price, the cost of the erect...

...cessary, in the opinion of any board of education, to procure or enlarge: (A) any site for a building to be used for public school purposes whether as classrooms, auditorium, or for technical training, administrative, storage, or other educational purposes; (B) grounds to be used for agricultural purposes, athletic field, or playground for children; (C) any site for the purpose of erecting and maintaining buildings t...

...a majority of the members of a board of education and a concurring vote of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, declaring that an exchange of real estate held by such board for school purposes for real estate held by such municipal corporation for municipal purposes will be mutually beneficial to such school district and municipal corporation, such exchange may be made by conveyances, executed by the...

...13 of the Revised Code, when a board of education decides to dispose of real or personal property that it owns in its corporate capacity and that exceeds in value ten thousand dollars, it shall sell the property at public auction, after giving at least thirty days' notice of the auction by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district, by publication as provided in section 7.16 of the Revis...

... 30, 2011, any school district board of education shall offer any unused school facilities it owns in its corporate capacity for lease or sale to the governing authorities of community schools, the boards of trustees of any college-preparatory boarding schools, and the governing bodies of any STEM schools, that are located within the territory of the district. Not later than sixty days after the district board makes ...

...A school district board of education may offer for sale or lease any parcel of real property directly to the governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code without offering that property under division (A) and former division (G) of section 3313.41 or under section 3313.411 of the Revised Code, if all of the following apply: (A) The district board offered that real property ...

.... (B) When a school district board of education decides to dispose of real property it owns in its corporate capacity under section 3313.41 of the Revised Code, the board shall first offer that property to the governing authorities of all start-up community schools, the boards of trustees of any college-preparatory boarding schools, and the governing bodies of any STEM schools that are located within the territory ...

...(A) When in the judgment of a board of education of any school district in this state, lying adjacent to a school district of another state, the best interests of the public schools can be promoted by purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting a schoolhouse, and maintaining them jointly between the two adjacent school districts, the board of education of the school district of this state so situated may enter i...

...When the board of education of any school district owns or holds lands for school purposes and said lands are not accessible by reason of the want of any street or public highway leading thereto and it becomes necessary that streets and highways be dedicated and opened for the purpose of making such lands accessible and available for the public use, and in so doing it becomes necessary to use and occupy part of said ...

...rty owned by or leased to any board of education for a lease term of at least fifty years shall be exempt from taxation.

...ould be benefited thereby, the board of education may make, execute, and deliver contracts or leases to mine iron ore, stone, coal, petroleum, gas, salt, and other mineral upon lands owned by such school district, to any person, association, or corporation, who complies with the terms prescribed by the board as to consideration, rights of way, and occupancy of ground for necessary purposes, and all other matters of c...

...The board of education of any school district may contract with a geologist experienced in making such reports or a report on the feasibility of exploring for petroleum and gas on property owned by the board. Upon receipt of a favorable report from such geologist, the board may, by two-thirds vote of all of its members, appropriate and expend funds and may enter into contracts with others, including any public entity...

...e bidding for contracts by the board of education of any school district, when any such board determines to build, repair, enlarge, improve, or demolish any building or other property, the cost of which will exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, except in cases of urgent necessity, or for the security and protection of school property, and except as otherwise provided in division (D) of sec...

...ty, exempted village, or local board of education shall have the management and control of all of the public schools of whatever name or character that it operates in its respective district. If the board has adopted an annual appropriation resolution, it may, by general resolution, authorize the superintendent or other officer to appoint janitors, superintendents of buildings, and such other employees as are provide...

...(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy on parental involvement in the schools of the district. The policy shall be designed to build consistent and effective communication between the parents and foster caregivers of students enrolled in the district and the teachers and administrators assigned to the schools their children or foster...

...ke decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child. (B) Not later than the first day of July following the effective date of this section, the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall develop and adopt a policy to promote parental involvement in the public school system. The policy shall require a school district to do all of...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, each internet- or computer-based community school shall comply with the national standards for quality online learning developed under a project led by a partnership between quality matters, the virtual learning leadership alliance, and the digital learning collaborative, or any successor organization. (B) Each internet- or computer-based community school that initially...

...The department of education and workforce shall establish by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code standards for learning management software to be used by internet- and computer-based community schools.

... (A) of this section, the department of education and workforce shall not make any payments under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to the internet- or computer-based community school for any student who is enrolled in the internet- or computer-based community school and receives any instructional services from the internet- or computer-based community school at the nonpublic school.

...Each internet- or computer-based community school shall provide its students a location within a fifty-mile radius of the student's residence at which to complete the statewide achievement and diagnostic assessments prescribed under sections 3301.079, 3301.0710, and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code.

...Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each internet- or computer-based community school may provide its students with a location within a fifty-mile radius of the student's residence at which the student may receive counseling, instructional coaching, and testing assistance.

... the Revised Code, to the department of education and workforce. The department shall maintain a list of all data verification codes reported under this division and section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code and provide that list to each internet- or computer-based community school and to each school to which section 3313.6410 of the Revised Code applies. (B) No internet- or computer-based community school shall recei...

...or custodian with a list of alternative educational options available to the student; (2) Within forty-eight hours of the student's disenrollment, notify the student's resident school district in writing. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the procedure for automatically withdrawing a student from school that must be adopted as part of a school's attendance policy in accordance with divisi...

...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3314.26 of the Revised Code, no student enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school shall be subject to automatic withdrawal who, in any school year prior to the 2021-2022 school year, failed to participate in the spring administration of any assessment prescribed under section 3301.0710 or 3301.0712 of the Revised Code for the student's grade level ...

...y can be submitted to the department of education and workforce, upon request by the department or the auditor of state.

...tation course. (B) The department of education and workforce shall provide guidance to internet- or computer-based community schools for developing and delivering the orientation course. (C) Each internet- or computer-based community school may, at the time of a particular student's enrollment in that school, ask the student's parent or guardian to estimate the length of time the student will attend the school....

...'s sponsor a plan for providing special education and related services to disabled students enrolled in the school in accordance with division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (1) If the school was established prior to June 30, 2005, the plan shall be submitted to the sponsor on or before September 1, 2005, and on or before the first day of September in each year thereafter that the school is in operation. (2) If...

...e the resolution with the department of education and workforce. The division of the schools shall be effective on the first day of July succeeding the date the resolution is filed with the department. (D) All of the following shall apply to each new school created as a result of the resolution authorized by this section and to the school that is divided as a result of the resolution: (1) Each school shall have...

...ion, as determined by the department of education and workforce; (b) The school has received an overall performance rating of less than two stars under division (D) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code and a performance rating of one star for progress under division (D)(1)(b) of that section. For purposes of division (A) of this section only, the department shall calculate the value-added progress dimension f...

... in each school year, the department of education and workforce shall notify each school subject to closure under this section that the school must close not later than the thirtieth day of the following June. A school so notified shall close as required. (C) A school that opens on or after July 1, 2014, shall not be subject to closure under this section for its first two years of operation. A school that is in...

...No community school that is permanently closed under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code may be reopened under another name if any of the following conditions are true: (A) The new school has the same sponsor as the closed school. (B) The new school has the same chief administrator as the closed school. (C) The governing authority of the new school consists of any of the same members that served ...

...Each year, the department of education and workforce shall publish separate lists of the following: (A) Community schools that have become subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code; (B) Community schools that are at risk of becoming subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code if their academic performance, as prescribed in those sec...

...of July of each year, the department of education and workforce shall submit preliminary data on community schools at risk of becoming subject to permanent closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code.

...No community school shall be subject to closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code based on any report card issued for that school for the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, or 2021-2022 school years. Furthermore, the report card ratings of any previous years shall not be considered in determining whether a community school is subject to automatic closure under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised Code. A...

...ed a waiver by the former department of education prior to July 1, 2014. (B) All dropout prevention and recovery community schools are subject to the provisions of section 3314.351 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether a waiver has been granted under this section prior to July 1, 2014. Thereafter, no waivers shall be granted under this section.

...A community school that operates a drug recovery program in cooperation with a court shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery community school for purposes of this chapter and shall comply with all enrollment restrictions applicable to such a school.

...cessfully completing a competency-based educational program, as defined in section 3317.23 of the Revised Code, that complies with the standards adopted by the department of education and workforce under section 3317.231 of the Revised Code. The community school shall report that individual's enrollment on a full-time equivalency basis to the department. This report shall be in addition to the report required under d...

...(A) The department of education and workforce shall establish the dropout prevention and recovery advisory council. The council shall provide a forum for communication and collaboration between the department and parties involved in the establishment and operation of dropout prevention and recovery community schools, including sponsors and operators. (B) The advisory council shall consist of the following members ...

... in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall only adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for any requirement to be imposed on a dropout prevention and recovery community school. The department shall not develop guidelines that impose requirements on the general and uniform operation of a dropout prevention and recovery community school. (B) Pursuant to section 119....

... in rules adopted by the state board of education. (2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (3) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion program under section 2935.36 of the Revised Code or a similar diversion program under rules of a co...

...The governing authority of each community school shall require that the reports of any investigation by the governing authority of the school or by an operator of an employee who works in the school, regarding whether the employee has committed an act or offense for which the chief administrator of the community school or the president or chairperson of the governing authority is required to m...