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... The treasurer or other fiscal officer of a technical college district shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the treasurer or officer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer or officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the treasurer's or officer's negligence or other wrongful act.

...For the purposes of purchasing a site or enlargement thereof, and for the erection and equipment of buildings, or for the purpose of enlarging, improving, or rebuilding existing facilities, the board of trustees of a technical college district shall determine the amount of bonds to be issued and such other matters as pertain thereto, and may when authorized by the vote of the electors of the district, issue and...

...(A)(1) Each technical college district may acquire, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise, construct, equip, furnish, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, repair, and operate, and lease to or from others, auxiliary facilities or education facilities, except housing and dining facilities, and may pay for the facilities out of availab...

...The ownership of a technical college, created and established pursuant to section 3357.07 of the Revised Code, including all right, title, and interest in and to all property, both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall be vested in the board of trustees of the technical college district in which such college is situated. The board may acquire by appropriation any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, ...

...As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. A technical college regardless of its co-location with another state institution of higher education may offer any baccalaureate-oriented associate degree program, provided however that any new or expanded programs at co-located campuses must be approved by the chancellor of the Oh...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Community college" has the same meaning as in section 3333.168 of the Revised Code. (2) "County board" means the board of county commissioners of Fairfield county. (3) "Degree or program" means any of the following: (a) An academic program that grants a student college credit; (b) A certificate program that grants a student college credit; (c) An associate's degree...

...The exercise of powers granted by sections 3357.01 to 3357.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people and for the increase of their knowledge, prosperity, morals, and welfare. A technical college district shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any real or personal property acquired, owned, or used by it pursuant to sections 3357.01 to 3357.19, inclus...

...Financial aid to a technical college from the state, to be used for the payment of operating costs of such college, shall be paid to the board of trustees of the technical college district in which such college is situated, only upon certification by the Ohio board of regents that such college is in condition to receive students and is operable and upon approval of its official plan and the issuance of a charter to s...

...(A) When the board of trustees of a technical college district has by resolution determined to let by contract the work of improvements pursuant to the official plan of such district, contracts in amounts exceeding a dollar amount set by the board, which dollar amount shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars, shall be advertised after notice calling for bids has been published once a week for three consecu...

...The board of trustees of a technical college district, and its agents, shall cooperate with boards of county commissioners of the county or counties comprising the district, with boards of education in the district, and with other public agencies representing the people of the district, in providing for educational, social, civic, and recreational activities, in buildings and upon grounds under control of the board o...

...The Ohio board of regents shall approve or disapprove proposed official plans of technical college districts, prepared and submitted pursuant to sections 3357.01 to 3357.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and issue or decline to issue charters for operation of technical colleges, pursuant to section 3357.07 of the Revised Code. The board shall approve an official plan, and issue a charter, only upon the following f...

...The chancellor of higher education shall: (A) Promulgate rules, regulations, and standards in conformity with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code relative to the qualifications of teaching personnel in technical colleges, and require conformity to all such rules, regulations, and standards as a condition upon the issuance of a charter to any technical college and upon the continued operation of such colleges; (B) Prom...

...As used in sections 3358.01 to 3358.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "State community college district" means a political subdivision composed of the territory of a county, or of two or more contiguous counties, in either case having a total population of at least one hundred fifty thousand, and organized for the purpose of establishing, owning, and operating a state community college within the district or a political ...

...(A) A state community college district may be created to take the place of a technical college or a university branch with the approval of the chancellor of higher education upon the proposal of the board of trustees of a technical college district, or upon the proposal of the board of trustees of a state university, or upon the joint proposal of both such boards, and pursuant to an agreement entered into under secti...

... The government of a state community college district is vested in a board of nine trustees who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Within ninety days after a state community college district is created pursuant to section 3358.02 of the Revised Code, the governor shall make initial appointments to the board. Of these appointments three shall be for terms ending two years aft...

...The board of trustees of a state community college district shall annually, during the first regular scheduled meeting following the beginning of the calendar year, elect from their members a chairman and a vice-chairman, neither of whom shall serve in his office for more than three consecutive years, and they may also appoint as secretary, either a member of the board or the president of the college or his designe...

...Upon proposal by the board of trustees of a technical college district, the board of trustees of a state university, or both, and upon approval of the establishment of a state community college district by the Ohio board of regents, an agreement between the board of trustees of the proposing technical college district, state university, or both, and the Ohio board of regents shall be entered into to effect the transi...

...(A)(1) The treasurer of each state community college district shall be its fiscal officer, and the treasurer shall receive and disburse all funds under the direction of the college president. No contract of the college's board of trustees involving the expenditure of money shall become effective until the treasurer certifies that there are funds of the board otherwise uncommitted and sufficient to provide therefor, s...

... The treasurer or other fiscal officer of a state community college district shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the treasurer or officer has performed all official duties required of the treasurer or officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the treasurer's or officer's negligence or other wrongful act.

...Upon the qualification of its members, the board of trustees of a state community college district shall prepare an official plan for a state community college within the district except where the district was created under division (C) or (D) of section 3358.02 of the Revised Code. The official plan shall include, but need not be limited to, a demonstration of needs and prospective enrollment, by the types and...

...The board of trustees of a state community college district may: (A) Own and operate a state community college; (B) Hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase or condemn, construct, own, lease, use, and sell, real and personal property as necessary for the conduct of the program of the state community college on whatever terms and for whatever consideration may be appropriate for the purpose of the inst...

...The general assembly shall support a state community college by such sums of money and in such manner as it may provide, but support may also be obtained from other sources.

...Sections 3354.10, 3354.121, 3354.15, and 3354.16 of the Revised Code apply to state community college districts and their boards of trustees.

...(A) In the same manner as a tax may be proposed by a board of trustees of a community college district under section 3354.12 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a state community college district may adopt and certify a resolution to the board of elections of one or more of the counties comprising the state community college district directing the board of elections to place on the ballot at any general or ...

...(A) There is hereby created a state university to be known as "The University of Akron." The government of the university of Akron is vested in a board of eleven trustees who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at the university of Akron, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. Except...