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...(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, a board of education of any school district, a governing board of an educational service center, or a governing authority of an information technology center 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 board or authority shall adopt a wri...

...If, for any reason, a depository in a school district ceases to act as custodian of the school moneys, all moneys of such school district shall be placed in the custody of the treasurer of the city or county in which the school district is located. Such moneys shall be held and disbursed by the treasurer of the board of education until another depository is provided for such moneys. Thereupon the treasurer shall plac...

... (A) Conveyances made by a board of education shall be executed by the president and treasurer thereof. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no member of the board shall have, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary interest in any contract of the board or be employed in any manner for compensation by the board of which the person is a member. No contract shall be binding upon any board unless it ...

...Process in all suits against a board of education shall be by summons which shall be served by leaving a copy thereof with the treasurer or president of the board.

...Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section that apply to a city school district do not apply to a joint vocational or cooperative education school district unless otherwise specified. Except in city, joint vocational, and cooperative education school districts, the prosecuting attorney of the county shall be the legal advise...

...The attorney general may educate school districts about contracting with any entity that provides students with account-based access to a web site or an online service, including electronic mail.

...(A) By the adoption of a resolution, a board of education may accept any bequest made to it by will or may accept any gift or endowment upon the conditions and stipulations contained in the will or connected with the gift or endowment. For the purpose of enabling the board to carry out the conditions and limitations upon which a bequest, gift, or endowment is made, it may make all rules required to fully carry them i...

... (A)(1) The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may build, enlarge, repair, and furnish the necessary schoolhouses, purchase or lease sites therefor, or rights-of-way thereto, or purchase or lease real estate to be used as playgrounds for children or rent suitable schoolrooms, either within or without the district, and provide the necessary apparatus and make all other necessary...

...The governing board of any educational service center may borrow money for the purpose of purchasing computer equipment, subject to the terms and conditions agreed to by the governing board and the lender. The principal and interest on such indebtedness shall be discharged solely from the revenues available to the educational service center governing board, and the proceeds of the loan shall be used solely for the pu...

...(A) As used in this section, "energy conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a building, to reduce energy consumption. It includes: (1) Insulation of the building structure and systems within the building; (2) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window and door systems, additional gla...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy saving measure" means both of the following: (a) The acquisition and installation, by purchase, lease, lease purchase, lease with an option to buy, or installment purchase, of an energy conservation measure as defined in section 3313.372 of the Revised Code and any attendant architectural and engineering consulting services. (b) Architectural and engineering consulting serv...

...(A) This section applies only to city, exempted village, and local school districts to which both of the following apply: (1) The board of education of the district has entered into rental agreements for administrative office facilities for at least ten consecutive years; (2) The rent paid by the board has increased at an average annual percentage rate of not less than four per cent during the ten-year period immed...

...The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, the governing board of an educational service center, or the governing authority of a community school may enter into a lease-purchase agreement providing for construction; enlarging or other improvement, furnishing, and equipping; lease; and eventual acquisition of facilities or improvements to facilities, including but n...

...As used in this section, "client school district" means a city, exempted village, or local school district that has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code to receive any services from an educational service center. For the purpose of obtaining quantity discounts in purchasing textbooks; computer equipment, including computer software; school buses; and natural gas, el...

...The board of education of a school district that is inaccessible from the mainland at some time of the year for any reason may purchase, erect, or rent, and maintain a residence for a principal or teacher, when in the opinion of a majority of the members of the board it is necessary to insure adequate personnel for the schools of such district. To provide a sum sufficient for the purchase price, the cost of the erect...

...When it is necessary, in the opinion of any board of education, to procure or enlarge: (A) any site for a building to be used for public school purposes whether as classrooms, auditorium, or for technical training, administrative, storage, or other educational purposes; (B) grounds to be used for agricultural purposes, athletic field, or playground for children; (C) any site for the purpose of erecting and maintainin...

...Upon a vote of a majority of the members of a board of education and a concurring vote of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, declaring that an exchange of real estate held by such board for school purposes for real estate held by such municipal corporation for municipal purposes will be mutually beneficial to such school district and municipal corporation, such exchange may be made by conveyances, ...

... (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (F) of this section and in sections 3313.412 and 3313.413 of the Revised Code, when a board of education decides to dispose of real or personal property that it owns in its corporate capacity and that exceeds in value ten thousand dollars, it shall sell the property at public auction, after giving at least thirty days' notice of the auction by publication in a newspa...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "College-preparatory boarding school" means a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2) "Community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. (3) "High-performing community school" has the same meaning as in section 3313.413 of the Revised Code. (4) "STEM school" means a science, tech...

... A school district board of education may offer for sale or lease any parcel of real property directly to the governing body of a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code without offering that property under division (A) and former division (G) of section 3313.41 or under section 3313.411 of the Revised Code, if all of the following apply: (A) The district board offered that real propert...

... (A) As used in this section, "high-performing community school" means either of the following: (1) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that meets the following conditions: (a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of this section, the school both: (i) Has received either a grade of "A," "B," or "C" for the performance index score under division (C)(1)(b) of secti...

...(A) When in the judgment of a board of education of any school district in this state, lying adjacent to a school district of another state, the best interests of the public schools can be promoted by purchasing school grounds, repairing or erecting a schoolhouse, and maintaining them jointly between the two adjacent school districts, the board of education of the school district of this state so situated may enter i...

...When the board of education of any school district owns or holds lands for school purposes and said lands are not accessible by reason of the want of any street or public highway leading thereto and it becomes necessary that streets and highways be dedicated and opened for the purpose of making such lands accessible and available for the public use, and in so doing it becomes necessary to use and occupy part of said ...

...Real or personal property owned by or leased to any board of education for a lease term of at least fifty years shall be exempt from taxation.

...When, in its opinion, the school district would be benefited thereby, the board of education may make, execute, and deliver contracts or leases to mine iron ore, stone, coal, petroleum, gas, salt, and other mineral upon lands owned by such school district, to any person, association, or corporation, who complies with the terms prescribed by the board as to consideration, rights of way, and occupancy of ground for nec...