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...Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, a community school that operates a drug recovery program in cooperation with a court shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery program for purposes of this chapter, regardless of the ages of students or grade levels served by the school.

... Notwithstanding division (A)(10) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, a community school that primarily serves students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program may continue to operate in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years without complying with that division and shall be considered a dropout prevention and recovery community school for the purposes of Title XXXIII of the Revised Code for those...

... (A) An individual who is at least twenty-two years of age and who is an eligible individual as defined in section 3317.23 of the Revised Code may enroll for up to two consecutive school years in a dropout prevention and recovery program operated by a community school that is designed to allow enrollees to earn a high school diploma. An individual enrolled under this division may elect to satisfy the requirements to ...

... (A) As used in this section, "dropout recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3319.301 of the Revised Code. (B) 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 recovery c...

... (A) As used in this section, "dropout recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3319.301 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary 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 recovery community school. The department shall not deve...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession" shall be as described 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 divers...

... 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 ...

... Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3314.40 and 3314.401 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after March 30, 2007.

... (A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) No employee of a community school or an operator working in the school shall do either of the following: (1) Knowingly make a false report to the chief administrator of the school, or the chief administrator's designee, alleging misconduct by another employee of the school or operator; (2) Knowingly cau...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the chief administrator of a community school, or the chief administrator's designee. (2) "Essential school services" means services provided by a private company under contract with a community school that the chief administrator of the school has determined are necessary for the operation of the school and that would need to be provided by employ...

...(A) If a community school established under this chapter closes for any reason, the chief administrative officer of the school at the time the school closes shall in good faith take all reasonable steps necessary to collect and assemble in an orderly manner the educational records of each student who is or has been enrolled in the school so that those records may be transmitted in accordance with this division....

...As used in this section, "sponsor" includes any officer, director, employee of the sponsor of a community school, and any person with decision-making authority regarding the operations of a sponsor of a community school. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no sponsor of a community school shall sell any goods or services to any community school it sponsors. (B)(1) If the sponsor of a community s...

... No community school shall initiate operation unless the governing authority of the school has posted a bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars with the auditor of state. The bond or cash guarantee shall be used, in the event the school closes, to pay the auditor of state any moneys owed or that become owed by the school for the costs of audits conducted by the auditor of state or a public accountant under Chapt...

... (A) If the auditor of state or a public accountant, under section 117.41 of the Revised Code, declares a community school to be unauditable, the auditor of state shall provide written notification of that declaration to the school, the school's sponsor, and the department of education and workforce. The auditor of state also shall post the notification on the auditor of state's web site. (B) If the community scho...

...(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, the governing authority of a community school that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a governing authority shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of ...

...(A) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3314.40 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) The person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if both of the following conditions apply: (a) The employee who is the subject of the report that the pers...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and notwithstanding sections 3315.12 and 3315.14 of the Revised Code, the board of education of any school district may adopt a resolution requiring the treasurer of the district to credit the earnings made on the investment of the principal of the moneys specified in the resolution to the fund from which the earnings arose or any other fund of the district...

...The board of education of every district shall provide by a tax levy for the payment of the annual interest on its bonded indebtedness, for the payment of its serial bonds as they mature, and for a sinking fund for the extinguishment of its other bonded indebtedness, which funds shall be managed and controlled by a board of commissioners designated as the "board of commissioners of the sinking fund of ______________"...

...The board of commissioners of the sinking fund shall invest that fund in bonds of the United States, of Ohio, of any municipal corporation, county, township, or school district of any state, or in bonds of its own issue. All interest received from such investments shall be deposited as other funds of such sinking fund, and reinvested in like manner. For the extinguishment of any bonded indebtedness included in such f...

...The board of commissioners of the sinking fund shall make an annual report to the board of education giving a detailed statement of the sinking fund for each year ending with the thirty-first day of December.

...The board of education shall appropriate to the use of the sinking fund any taxes levied for the payment of interest on its bonded indebtedness, together with the sum provided for in section 3315.02 of the Revised Code. Sums so appropriated shall be applied to no other purpose than the payment of such bonds, interest thereon, and necessary expenses of the board of commissioners of the sinking fund.

...As used in this section "expenses" includes the cost of meals served to educational service center governing board members and members of the boards of local school districts within the territory of the service center at meetings of the governing board and meetings authorized by this section, if a resolution to that effect has been adopted by a majority of the members of the governing board. The governing board of e...

...The board of education of any school district may expend funds for the purpose of conducting, or entering into contracts for, studies or surveys pertaining to school district organization and building needs, curriculum and instructional needs, and needs for improved or additional services that may be rendered by such board. The board of education of any school district may publish reports prepared in connection with ...

...(A) The board of education of any school district may expend moneys from its general revenue fund for the operation of such student activity programs included in the program of each school district as authorized by its board of education. Such expenditure shall not exceed five-tenths of one per cent of the board's annual operating budget. (B) If more than fifty dollars a year is received through a student activity p...

... No board of education of any school district shall expend more than fifteen per cent of the board's annual operating budget on administrative salaries and benefits and other costs associated with the district's administrative offices.