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...the superintendent, treasurer, board of education, chief administrative officer, or governing authority that imposed the suspension promptly shall report the person's suspension to the state board of education. The report shall include the offense for which the person was arrested, summoned, or indicted.

...(A) No person employed or engaged as a teacher, principal, administrator, nonlicensed school employee, or bus driver in a public school may inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment as a means of discipline upon a pupil attending such school. (B) A person employed or otherwise engaged as a teacher, principal, or administrator by a nonpublic school, except as otherwise provided by the governing auth...

...ease the availability of educational manpower. Article II. Definitions. As used in this Agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. "Educational personnel" means persons who must meet requirements pursuant to state law as a condition of employment in educational programs. 2. "Designated state official" means the education official of a state selected by that stat...

...ific text thereof by the state board of education.

...ile in the offices of the department of education and workforce and of the secretary of state. The department of education and workforce shall publish all such contracts in convenient form.

...eld under the auspices of, the board of education of the school district, both of the following apply: (A) The principal, within one school day after obtaining his knowledge of or observing the act or violation, shall report the violation to the superintendent of the school district in which the school is located or to the designee of the superintendent. (B) The principal, within a reasonable period of time after...

...(A)(1) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish both of the following: (a) A policy and standards for the implementation of positive behavior intervention and supports framework; (b) A policy and standards for the use of physical restraint or seclusion on students. (2) The department shall amend or update rule 3301-35-15 of the Administ...

...The school districts, public schools, and chartered nonpublic schools of this state may provide counseling to any victim of sexual harassment or sexually related conduct.

...her cost incurred by the state board of education to perform a duty prescribed by law. (B) The state board of education shall annually establish the amount of the fees required to be paid for any license, certificate, or permit issued under this chapter or division (B) of section 3301.071 or section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the amount of these fees shall be s...

... case, on forms that the state board of education shall prescribe and furnish, promptly shall notify the board and, if known, any school district or chartered nonpublic school employing the license holder of the license holder's name and residence address, and the fact that the license holder pleaded guilty to, was convicted of, has been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for, or has agreed to a di...

...lop and recommend to the state board of education standards for entering and continuing in the educator professions and standards for educator professional development. The board membership shall reflect the diversity of the state in terms of gender, race, ethnic background, and geographic distribution. (A) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) The following nineteen members appointed by the stat...

...sultation with the chancellor of higher education, shall do all of the following: (1) Develop state standards for teachers and principals that reflect what teachers and principals are expected to know and be able to do at all stages of their careers. These standards shall be aligned with the statewide academic content standards for students adopted pursuant to section 3301.079 of the Revised Code, be primarily base...

...on standards for superintendents of the education standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members: (A) The school district superintendent appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised Code, who shall act as chairperson of the subcommittee; (B) Three additional school district superintendents appointed by the state board of education, ...

...anagers appointed by the state board of education for terms of two years. The Ohio association of school business officials shall submit a list of six nominees for appointments under this section. (C) Three additional members of the educator standards board, appointed by the chairperson of the educator standards board; (D) The superintendent of public instruction and the chancellor of higher education, or their d...

...tive date of this section, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy that states all of the following: (1) The school district shall not solicit or require an employee or applicant for employment or academic admission to affirmatively ascribe to, or opine about, specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles concerning political movements, or ideology. (2) The school district shal...

...The board of education of a school district that employs any person who is appointed to serve as a member of the educator standards board under division (A)(1)(a) or (c) of section 3319.60, as a member of the subcommittee on standards for superintendents under division (B) or (C) of section 3319.611, or as a member of the subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers under division (B) o...

...The state board of education shall establish a credential review board. The credential review board shall carry out any functions assigned to it by the state board with respect to assessing individuals pursuing alternative routes to educator licensure and out of state educators seeking licensure in Ohio. The credential review board may also carry out any other duties the state board considers appropriate.

...(A) The state board of education may establish an annual teacher of the year recognition program for outstanding teachers. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a person or entity may make a voluntary contribution to the recognition program described in division (A) of this section. (C) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a teacher who is recognize...

...(A) The governing board of any educational service center may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers of grades kindergarten to four on the indicators of dyslexia and the types of instruction that children with dyslexia need to learn, read, write, and spell. If a service center provides this training, it shall make the training available to local school districts within the...

...A chartered nonpublic school; (e) An educational service center. (B)(1) A school shall designate each student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room that is accessible by multiple students at the same time, whether located in a school building or located in a facility used by the school for a school-sponsored activity, for the exclusive use by students of the male biological sex only or by student...

... any child attending a school district, educational service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities where the employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the child. (D) Whoever violates division (B) or (D) of section 3319.317 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...(A) Sections 3320.01, 3320.02, and 3320.03 of the Revised Code shall be collectively known as the "Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019." (B) As used in sections 3320.01 to 3320.03 of the Revised Code, "religious expression" includes any of the following: (1) Prayer; (2) Religious gatherings, including but not limited to prayer groups, religious clubs, "see you at the pole" gatherings, or other religio...

...(A) A student enrolled in a public school may engage in religious expression before, during, and after school hours in the same manner and to the same extent that a student is permitted to engage in secular activities or expression before, during, and after school hours. (B) A school district, community school established under Chapter 3314., STEM school established under Chapter 3326., or a college-preparatory boa...

...No school district board of education, governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code shall prohibit a student from engaging in religious expression in the completion of hom...

...Each school district board of education shall adopt a policy that reasonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system. The policy shall satisfy all of the following conditions: (A) The policy shall permit a student in any of grades kin...

... to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district. The boards of education of city, local, or exempted village school districts may by resolution designate certain places as depots from which to gather children for transportation to school, when such districts provide transportation. The places designated as depots shall be provided with a shelter and be made comfortable during cold and stormy weathe...

...(A) The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may contract with the board of another district for the admission or transportation, or both, of pupils into any school in such other district, on terms agreed upon by such boards. (B) The boards of two school districts may enter into a contract under this section to share the provision of transportation to a child who resides...

...vision (B) of this section, no board of education of any school district shall provide transportation for any pupil who is a school resident of another school district unless the pupil is enrolled pursuant to section 3313.98 of the Revised Code or the board of the other district has given its written consent thereto. If the board of any school district files with the department of education and workforce a written co...

...he Revised Code. (B) When the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district admits to the schools of its district any pupil who is not entitled to be admitted to the district's schools under division (B) or (F) of section 3313.64 or section 3313.645 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code for whose attendance tuition is not an obligation of the board of another district of this state, such board sh...

...ot relieve any school district board of education from any duty imposed by sections 3327.01 and 3327.02 of the Revised Code with respect to the chartered nonpublic school's students.

...Boards of education of city school districts, local school districts, exempted village school districts, cooperative education school districts, and joint vocational school districts and governing boards of educational service centers may purchase on individual contract school buses, including multifunction school activity buses, and other equipment used in transporting children to and from school and to other functi...

...The board of education of each school district shall procure for the benefit of its employees who operate a school bus, motor van, or other vehicle used in the transportation of school children motor vehicle liability insurance for injuries to persons and property. Such insurance shall be in amounts not less than one hundred thousand dollars per person, three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence, fifty thousand do...

... and operated by any school district or educational service center or privately owned and operated under contract with any school district or service center in this state, who has not received a certificate from either the educational service center governing board that has entered into an agreement with the school district under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code or the superintendent of the school dis...

... Administrative Code, the department of education and workforce shall develop an online bus driver training program to satisfy the classroom portion of pre-service and annual in-service training for school bus driver certification. On-the-bus training for drivers shall continue to be completed in person.

...(A) The department of education and workforce shall develop the bus driver flex career path model that creates a pathway for bus drivers to work as educational aides or student monitors at school districts and other public schools, as defined in section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. (B) In developing the model, the department shall do all of the following: (1) Ensure that bus drivers work an eight to ten hour ...

...A board of education in a district which does not maintain a high school and which pays the tuition of a school resident of the district in a high school in another district, or a board which pays the tuition of a school resident of the district, in a high school in another district, of higher grade than that maintained in the given district may furnish the cost of such child's room and board while attending such sch...

... to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district. The board of education of a city, local, or exempted village school district may maintain school bus turn-around points. At the request of such a board, a municipal corporation may maintain turn-around points on municipal roads; the township trustees may maintain turn-around points on township roads; and the county commissioners may maintain turn-aro...

...The board of education of a school district that owns and operates busses for transporting pupils to and from school may contract with a nonpublic school located within the district to make available to the nonpublic school under a lease agreement, one or more of the district's busses to be used by the nonpublic school for transporting nonpublic school pupils to and from a school related activity that would be an app...

...The board of education of any school district that owns and operates buses for transporting pupils may contract under a lease agreement with a municipal corporation or a public or nonprofit private agency or organization delivering services to the aged, to make available one or more of the district's buses or other vehicles to be used for transporting persons sixty years of age or older. The board of education of any...

...The board of education of any school district that owns and operates motor vehicles for transporting pupils may permit such vehicles to be used outside this state for any lawful purpose provided the entire distance traveled outside this state on any trip does not exceed one thousand miles.

... to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district or its superintendent. (A) The superintendent of each school district may establish a volunteer bus rider assistance program, under which qualified adults or responsible older pupils, as determined by the superintendent, may be authorized to ride on school buses with pupils during such periods of time that the buses are being used to transport pupil...

...The department of development shall establish a biodiesel school bus program under which the director of development shall make grants to school districts that use biodiesel fuel for pupil transportation to help offset incremental costs incurred by using biodiesel instead of one hundred per cent petroleum diesel. As used in this section, "biodiesel" has the same meaning as in section 122.075 of the Revised Co...

... by agreement between the department of education and workforce and the operator of the college-preparatory boarding school in which the student seeks enrollment; and meets at least two of the following additional conditions: (1) The student has a record of in-school disciplinary actions, suspensions, expulsions, or truancy. (2) The student has not attained at least a proficient score on the state achievement a...

...l and is part of the state's program of education. (B) Acting through its board of trustees, the school may sue and be sued, acquire facilities as needed, contract for any services necessary for the operation of the school, and enter into contracts with the department of education and workforce pursuant to this chapter. The board of trustees may carry out any act and ensure the performance of any function that is ...

...In accordance with Section 22 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, no agreement or contract entered into under this chapter shall create an obligation of state funds for a period longer than two years; however, the general assembly, every two years, may authorize renewal of any such obligation.

...ting school district. The department of education and workforce shall adopt procedures for districts to agree to be participating school districts.

... (B) of this section, the department of education and workforce shall select a private nonprofit corporation that meets the following qualifications to operate each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter: (1) The corporation has experience operating a school or program similar to the schools authorized under this chapter. (2) The school or program described in division (A)(1) of this...

...The department of education and workforce shall enter into a contract with the operator of each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter. The contract shall stipulate the following: (A) The school's board of trustees shall oversee the acquisition of a facility for the school. (B) The operator shall operate the school in accordance with the terms of the proposal accepted by the departme...

...ween the operator and the department of education and workforce. The bylaws shall include procedures for the appointment of future members of the school's board of trustees upon expiration of the terms of the initial members, which procedures shall comply with section 3328.15 of the Revised Code. The bylaws also shall include standards for the admission of students to the school and their dismissal from the school. T...

...The board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall adopt a program of outreach to inform every city, local, and exempted village school district about the school and the procedures for admission to the school and for becoming a participating school district.