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...opt rules entitling regular nonteaching employees, during each school year, to a minimum of three days of personal leave at the employee's regular compensation. The rules shall govern the use and administration of personal leave, but they need not specify each occasion or purpose for which personal leave may be taken. Personal leave shall be administered by the superintendent or an administrative employee designated ...

...t a policy of assault leave by which an employee who is absent due to physical disability resulting from an assault which occurs in the course of board employment will be maintained on full pay status during the period of such absence. A board of education electing to effect such a policy of assault leave shall establish rules for the entitlement, crediting, and use of assault leave and file a copy of same with the d...

...No teacher shall terminate the teacher's contract after the tenth day of July of any school year or during the school year, prior to the termination of the annual session, without the consent of the board of education; and such teacher may terminate the teacher's contract at any other time by giving five days' written notice to the employing board. Upon complaint by the employing board to the state board of education...

...ion, after investigation, that a school employee who holds a license , as defined in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, has violated division (B) of this section, the state board shall take any action against the employee under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code that it considers appropriate, based on the nature and extent of the violation. The state board shall give the employee notice of the allegation upon comm...

...if the teacher has suffered any loss of salary by reason of being suspended, the teacher shall be paid the teacher's full salary for the period of such suspension. Any teacher affected by an order of termination of contract may appeal to the court of common pleas of the county in which the school is located within thirty days after receipt of notice of the entry of such order. The appeal shall be an original actio...

...ct. No referee shall be a member of, an employee of, or teacher employed by the board of education nor related to any such person by consanguinity or marriage.

...d to work a percentage of the time the employee otherwise is required to work under the contract and receives a commensurate percentage of the full compensation the employee otherwise would receive under the contract. The teachers whose continuing contracts are suspended by any board pursuant to this section shall have the right of restoration to continuing service status by that board if and when teaching pos...

...ns requiring a right of restoration for employees whose contracts of employment are suspended under the policy if and when any positions become vacant or are created for which any of them are or become qualified. (C) The policy procedures and provisions adopted under divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section shall be developed by the board of a district or service center with input from the superintendent and all ass...

...reductions in the number of nonteaching employees for any of the reasons for which the board of education or governing board may make reductions in teaching employees, as set forth in division (B) of section 3319.17 of the Revised Code. In making any reduction under this section, the board of education or governing board shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the superintendent o...

...date of such transfer or merger, on the salary schedule of the district to which the territory is transferred or the newly created district, according to their training and experience. Such experience shall be the total sum of the years taught in the district whose territory was transferred or merged to create a new district, plus the total number of years of teaching experience recognized by such previous dist...

...rict 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 transferred, if the new district is a city school board, or shall be employed pursuant to section 3319.081 of the Revised Code in the newly created district, or in the district to which th...

...(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,...

...rovides notice to all affected district employees that the committee structure is to be modified. Professional development committees may have a district-level or building-level scope of operations, and may be established with regard to particular grade or age levels for which an educator license is designated. Each professional development committee shall consist of at least three classroom teachers employed by t...

...(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) A member of the school employees retirement system who has at least eighteen months of contributing service credit in the system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system, and is a former member of or no longer contributing to the public employees retirement system or state teachers retirement system may ...

...ter receiving a request from the public employees retirement system under division (A) of section 145.311 or the state teachers retirement system under division (A) of section 3307.711 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement system shall do both of the following: (A) Calculate and certify to the requesting retirement system the cost to a former member to restore service credit under section 3309.26 of t...

...(A) The school employees retirement board may establish by rule payroll deduction plans for payment of the following: (1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 3309.26 or 3309.261 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the school employees retirement system are eligible to purchase under this chapter; (2) Charges for participation in programs established under section 3309.691 ...

...Not later than thirty days after an employee begins employment, the employer shall file with the school employees retirement system a detailed statement of the employee's personal information and such other information as the school employees retirement board requires for the proper operation of the school employees retirement system.

...3309.60 of the Revised Code, the school employees retirement board shall verify the statement required by section 3309.28 of the Revised Code by the best evidence it can obtain. If official records are not available as to the length of service, compensation, or other information required, the board may use its discretion as to the evidence to be accepted.

...For service subsequent to June 30, 1955, the retirement board shall credit a year of service credit to any member employed on a full-time basis for nine or more months of service within a year. For contributing and prior service before July 1, 1955 only eight or more months of service on a full-time basis within a year will be necessary for a year of service credit. Effective July 1, 1977, full-time service is define...

...of this section, a member of the school employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service in the system, the public employees retirement system, or the state teachers retirement system who exempted self from membership in one or more of the systems pursuant to section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under se...

...patrol retirement system, or the public employees retirement system if served in a comparable public position in this state. (C) Service for which contributions were made by the member or on the member's behalf to a municipal retirement system in this state, except that if the conditions specified in section 3309.74 of the Revised Code are met, service credit for this service shall be purchased only in accordance wi...

...ning board. (A) A member of the school employees retirement system who does both of the following may purchase credit for service as a school board or governing board member if the member is eligible to retire under this chapter or will become eligible to retire as a result of purchasing the credit: (1) Agrees to retire within ninety days after receiving notice of the additional liability under division (C) of this...

...Any employee who becomes a member and establishes one year of contributing service credit shall be granted prior service credit unless the employee is otherwise required to establish additional contributing service credit under the provisions of this chapter. Provided, however, that any employee who became a contributing member prior to September 1, 1938, shall be granted prior service credit as of the date of esta...

...sh a retirement incentive plan for its employees who are members of the school employees retirement system. The plan shall provide for purchase by the employer of service credit for eligible employees who choose to participate in the plan and for payment by the employer of the entire cost of such service credit. A plan established under this section shall remain in effect until terminated by the employer, exce...

...(A)(1)(a) A member of the school employees retirement system is eligible for service retirement before August 1, 2017, if the member: (i) Has at least five years of total service credit and has attained sixty years of age; (ii) Has at least thirty years of total service credit at any age; (iii) Has at least twenty-five years of total service credit and has attained fifty-five years of age. (b) A member who ...

...a retirement allowance from the school employees retirement system under section 3309.36 or 3309.381 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code or any benefit paid under a plan established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code. (2) "Other system retirant" means a member or former member of the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, state ...

...may file an application with the school employees retirement system for a benefit consisting of a single life annuity. The annuity shall have a reserve equal to the amount of the retirant's accumulated contributions for the period of employment, other than the contributions excluded pursuant to division (C) of section 3309.341 of the Revised Code, and an amount of the employer's contributions determined by the board...

... retirant is to begin. (E) The school employees retirement board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

...As used in this section, "benefit" means any allowance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that the individual receives pursuant to section 3309.36, 3309.40, 3309.45, or 3309.46 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code. The annual amount of each benefit for which eligibility was established prior to February 1, 1983, shall, after the adjustment required by section 3309.374 o...

...As used in this section, "benefit" means any allowance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that he receives pursuant to section 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, 3309.45, or 3309.46 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code. Effective the first day of the month following September 9, 1988, the annual amount of benefits shall be increased as follows: (A) The annual amount of each ben...

...As used in this section, "benefit" means any allowance, pension, or other benefit to which an individual is entitled and that the individual receives under section 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, 3309.45, or 3309.46 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code. Effective July 1, 1981: (A) The annual amount of each benefit for which eligibility was established prior to January 1, 1977, shall, after the adjustment...

...ch is a limit established by the school employees retirement board on the retirement allowance a member may receive. (B) Based on the advice of an actuary appointed by the board, the board shall designate a number as the CBBC factor. The board may, from time to time, revise the factor pursuant to advice from an actuary appointed by the board. (C) Beginning on and after August 1, 2024, before paying a retirement...

...(A) Until December 31, 2017, the school employees retirement board shall annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by three per cent. (B) Effective January 1, 2018, the retirement board may annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index, not to exceed two and one -half per cent, as...

...f this section, the board of the school employees retirement system shall make available to each retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly allowance or benefit on or after January 1, 1968, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, and who is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program, hospital insurance coverage sub...

...On and after December 31, 1971, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was payable prior to July 1, 1968, pursuant to section 3309.36 or 3309.40 or former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code, or in the event of the death of such persons, the person designated by the deceased to receive payments under section 3309.46 of the Revised Code, shall receive an additional monthly payment of...

...Each person receiving benefits under section 3309.45 of the Revised Code who became eligible to receive such benefits under section 3309.44 of the Revised Code by virtue of the death of a member prior to July 1, 1968, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the date of such member's death and December 31, 1972, or an additional fifty dollars, whichever is less.

...On and after the effective date of this section, any person who retired or his beneficiary , who was eligible to receive an allowance that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968 and prior to July 1, 1971, and the beneficiary of a member who died before service retirement on or after July 1, 1968 and prior to July 1, 1971, receiving an allowance or benefit pursuant to sections 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.38, 3309.40, 3...

...(A) Effective July 1, 1981, each person eligible to receive an allowance, pension, or benefit pursuant to sections 3309.35, 3309.36, 3309.40, division (A) of section 3309.45, and section 3309.46 and former section 3309.38 of the Revised Code that was based upon an award made effective before July 1, 1974, shall have the person's monthly allowance, pension, or benefit increased by five per cent, except that the ...