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...The boards of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school districts or the governing boards of educational service centers may enter into contracts for a term not exceeding one year, upon such terms as each board deems expedient, with each other, or with a private driver training school licensed under section 4508.03 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of providing instruction in drive...

...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...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 133. or sections 3313.483 to 3313.4810 of the Revised Code, and subject to the approval of the director of education and workforce, a school district that is in a state of fiscal watch declared under section 3316.03 of the Revised Code may restructure or refinance loans obtained or in the process of being obtained under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code if all of the fo...

... (D) County, state, and school district officers or employees shall assist the commission diligently and promptly in the prosecution of its duties, including the furnishing of any materials, including justification documents, required. (E) Annually on or before the first day of April during the fiscal emergency period, the commission shall make reports and recommendations to the speaker of the house of represen...

...(A) On or before the first day of June of each year, the tax commissioner shall certify to the department of education and workforce and the office of budget and management the information described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section for each city, exempted village, and local school district, and the information required by divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for each joint vocational school district, an...

...This section shall apply only for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. (A) For each fiscal year, the department of education and workforce shall calculate an amount for the community and STEM school unit as follows: (1) For each community school and STEM school, determine the sum of the following: (a) The aggregate base cost calculated for the school for that fiscal year under section 3317.0110 of the Revised Code; ...

...(A) The department of education and workforce shall compute and pay in accordance with this section additional state aid to school districts for students in categories two through six special education ADM. If a district's costs for the fiscal year for a student in its categories two through six special education ADM exceed the threshold cost for serving the student, the district may submit to the department document...

...Each city, local, exempted village, and cooperative education school district, each educational service center, each county board of developmental disabilities, and each institution operating a special education program pursuant to section 3323.091 of the Revised Code shall, in accordance with procedures adopted by the department of education and workforce, maintain a record of district membership of all preschool ch...

...(A) The superintendent of each city, local, and exempted village school district shall report to the department of education and workforce as of the last day of October, March, and June of each year the enrollment under section 3317.23 of the Revised Code, on a full-time equivalency basis, of individuals who are at least twenty-two years of age. This report shall be in addition to the district's report of the enrollm...

...(A) The department of education and workforce shall determine for each institution, by the last day of January of each year and based on information certified under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the number of career-technical education units or fractions of units approved by the department on the basis of standards and rules adopted by the department. As used in this section, "institution" means an institution...

...The superintendent of each school district, including each cooperative education and joint vocational school district and the superintendent of each educational service center, shall, on forms prescribed and furnished by the department of education and workforce, certify to the department and the state board of education, on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year, the name of each licensed employee emplo...

...Any board of education participating in funds distributed under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code shall annually adopt a salary schedule for nonteaching school employees based upon training, experience, and qualifications with initial salaries no less than the salaries in effect on October 13, 1967. Each board of education shall prepare and may amend from time to time, specifications descriptive of duties, responsibi...

...(A) As used in this section, "student wellness and success funds" means the following: (1) For a city, local, or exempted village school district, the funds received under division (E)(3) of section 3317.011 of the Revised Code, subject to the state share and any phase-in established by the general assembly; (2) For a joint vocational school district, the funds received under division (E)(3) of section 3317.012...

...The board of elections shall certify the result of the election to the tax commissioner, to the auditor of the county or counties in which the school district is located, to the treasurer of the school district board, and to the Ohio facilities construction commission. The necessary tax levy for debt service on the bonds shall be included in the annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission or, ...

...Except in the case of a joint vocational school district that receives assistance under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, if the requisite favorable vote on the election is obtained, or if the school district board has resolved to apply the proceeds of a property tax levy or the proceeds of an income tax, or a combination of proceeds from such taxes, as authorized in section 3318.052 of the Revised Cod...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Ohio facilities construction commission," "classroom facilities," "school district," "school district board," "net bonded indebtedness," "required percentage of the basic project costs," "basic project cost," "valuation," and "percentile" have the same meanings as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (b) "Required level of indebtedness" means five per cent of the school d...

...This section applies only to a school district that participates in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. A school district board that enters into an agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission under division (B) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code may propose for issuance any bonds necessary for its participation in the progra...

...Any agreement between the Ohio facilities construction commission and the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school to provide facilities assistance under section 3318.60 or 3318.61 of the Revised Code shall include the following stipulations: (A) If the school ceases its operations, the school's board of trustees may permit the classroom facilities to be used for only an alternative public purpose,...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Core subject area" means reading and English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, and fine arts. (2) "Properly certified or licensed teacher" means a classroom teacher who has successfully completed all requirements for certification or licensure under this chapter applicable to the subject areas and grade levels in which the teacher provides i...

...Once the state board of education adopts professional development standards pursuant to section 3319.61 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each school district shall use the standards for the following purposes: (A) To guide the design of teacher education programs serving both teacher candidates and experienced teachers; (B) To guide school-based professional development that is aligned with student ac...

...The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may adopt a resolution approving a contract with a county department of job and family services under section 5107.541 of the Revised Code to provide for a participant of the work experience program who has a child enrolled in a public school in that district to fulfill the work requirements of the work experience program by volunteerin...

...(A) The state board of education shall enter into an agreement with a construction trade organization located in this state, such as affiliated construction trades (ACT) Ohio, or its successor organization, to develop a training program to educate school counselors about building and construction trades career pathways. A training program developed under this section shall be completed at a building and constructi...

...The state board of education shall adopt standards for attaining a license for teaching students with visual disabilities that require the licensee to demonstrate competency in reading and writing braille. The standards for demonstrating competency shall be developed with reference to those adopted for transcribers by the national library service for the blind and print disabled, library of congress.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Approved costs" means any costs necessary to meet the additional requirements adopted by the state board of education under division (B) of section 3319.238 of the Revised Code for educator license validation in financial literacy. (2) "Eligible entity" includes the following: (a) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district; (b) A community school...

...Any teacher performance assessment entity with which the department of education and workforce or the state board of education contracts or any independent agent with whom such entity, the department, or the state board contracts to provide services as a teacher performance assessor, trainer of assessors, or assessment coordinator is not liable for damages in a civil action concerning the actions of such entity or ag...