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... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible military individual" includes any of the following: (a) An active-duty member of any branch of the United States armed forces; (b) A veteran of any branch of the United States armed forces who separated from service with an honorable discharge; (c) A member of the national guard or a member of a reserve component of the United States armed forces; (d) A spous...

... Each application for any license, certificate, or permit under this chapter, or renewal or duplicate of such a license, certificate, or permit, shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in the amount established under division (B) of section 3319.51 of the Revised Code. Any fees received under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund establ...

... (A) The state board of education shall require each of the following persons, at the times prescribed by division (A) of this section, to undergo a criminal records check, unless the person has undergone a records check under this section or a former version of this section less than five years prior to that time. (1) Any person initially applying for any certificate, license, or permit described in this chapter ...

... As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. The state board of education may question an applicant for issuance or renewal of any license with respect to any criminal offense committed or alleged to have been committed by the applicant. If the record of a conviction, plea of guilty, bail forfeiture, or other disposition of a criminal offense committed or alle...

... Except as provided in section 3319.36 of the Revised Code, no person shall receive any compensation for the performance of duties as teacher in any school supported wholly or in part by the state or by federal funds who has not obtained a license of qualification for the position as provided for under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. Any teacher so qualified may, at the discretion of the employing board of educa...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Dropout prevention and recovery community school" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Industry-recognized credential program" means a career-technical course in which a student may earn an industry-recognized credential approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code. (3) "STEM school" means a science, technology, engineering, and mathemat...

... (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the state board of education shall adopt rules establishing standards and requirements for obtaining a pupil-activity program permit for any individual who does not hold a valid educator license, certificate, or permit issued by the state board under section 3319.22, 3319.26, or 3319.27 of the Revised Code. The permit issued under this section shall be valid fo...

... (A) As used in this section and sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code, "license" means a certificate, license, or permit described in this chapter or in division (B) of section 3301.071 or in section 3301.074 of the Revised Code or a registration described in division (B) of section 3302.151, section 3310.411, or section 3319.221 of the Revised Code. (B) For any of the following reasons, th...

... (A)(1) The state board of education, or the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the board, may investigate any information received about a person that reasonably appears to be a basis for action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, including information received pursuant to section 3314.40, 3319.291, 3319.313, 3326.24, 3328.19, 5126.253, or 5153.176 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in div...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state board of education shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

... (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 d...

... The board of education of each school district, the governing board of each educational service center, and the chief administrator of each chartered nonpublic school shall require that the reports of any investigation by the district board of education, service center governing board, or nonpublic school chief administrator of an employee regarding whether the employee has committed...

...Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3319.313 and 3319.314 of the Revised Code prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or contract for employment entered into after the effective date of this section.

... The state board of education shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code and shall receive notification from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation of the arrest or conviction of the following persons: (A) Persons to whom the state board has issued a license, as defined in section 3319.31...

... (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 school district or educational service center shall do either of the following: (1) Knowingly make a false report to the district or service center superintendent, or the superintendent's designee, alleging misconduct by another employee of the district or service center; (2) Knowingly ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "School representative" includes all of the following: (a) An employee of a school district, chartered nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities; (b) An employee of an entity with which a school district, chartered nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities contracts for the provision of services; (c) A member of a school district boa...

... The appointing or hiring officer of a school district or school located in Ohio or another state may request from the state board of education any report received under sections section 3314.40, 3319.313, 3326.24, 3328.19, or 5126.253 of the Revised Code regarding an individual who is under consideration for employment by the district or school. If the superintendent of public instruction has received a report under...

...Boards of education shall require all teachers and superintendents to keep the school records and to prepare reports in such manner as to enable the preparation of the annual reports required by law and shall withhold the pay of such teachers and superintendents who fail to file the reports required of them. The records of each school, in addition to all other requirements, shall be so kept as to exhibit the names of...

...(A) No person shall release, or permit access to, the directory information concerning any students attending a public school to any person or group for use in a profit-making plan or activity. Notwithstanding division (B)(4) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, a person may require disclosure of the requestor's identity or the intended use of the directory information concerning any students attending a publ...

...The principal or chief administrative officer of each public school shall request any person authorized to take photographs of students of the school, to provide one wallet size photograph, free of charge, to the school for inclusion in the school's student files. The principal or chief administrative officer shall indicate that the request is being made in order that the school has a current photograph of a child th...

...During the course of transferring a student's record to an educational institution for a legitimate educational purpose as specified under division (C) of section 3319.321 of the Revised Code, no school district or school shall alter, truncate, or redact any part of a student's record so that any information on the student's record is rendered unreadable or unintelligible.

... (A) As used in this section, "school records" includes any academic records, student assessment data, or other information for which there is a legitimate educational interest. (B) Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, when any school district or chartered nonpublic school receives a request from another district or school to which a student has transferred for that student's school records, the...

... As used in sections 3319.325, 3319.326, and 3319.327 of the Revised Code: (A) "Education records" has the same meaning as in the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and does not include any of the following: (1) Records of instructional, supervisory, and administrative personnel and educational personnel that are in the sole possession of the maker and are not accessible or rev...

... A technology provider shall comply with Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code with regard to the collection, use, and protection of data as if it were a school district. (A) Education records created, received, maintained, or disseminated by a technology provider pursuant or incidental to a contract with a school district are solely the property of the school district. (B) If education records maintained by the tech...

... (A) Except as described in division (B) of this section, a school district or technology provider shall not electronically access or monitor any of the following: (1) Location-tracking features of a school-issued device; (2) Audio or visual receiving, transmitting, or recording feature of a school-issued device; (3) Student interactions with a school-issued device, including, but not limited to, keystrokes and...