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... Except as otherwise provided under division (B) of section 3301.54 of the Revised Code, the issuing of any educator license designated for teaching in a preschool setting pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as requiring any person who does not hold such a license to obtain one in order to be employed as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten program. However, a person hired after July 1, ...

...The issuing of any type of educator license designated for teaching in an associate teaching position in a preschool setting pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as requiring any person who does not hold such a license to obtain one in order to be employed as a teacher in a pre-kindergarten program.

... As used in sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Preschool program" means either of the following: (1) A child care program for preschool children that is operated by a school district board of education or an eligible nonpublic school. (2) A child care program for preschool children age three or older that is operated by a county board of developmental disabilities or a community school. (B)...

... (A) The department of children and youth shall formulate and prescribe by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code minimum standards to be applied to preschool programs operated by school district boards of education, county boards of developmental disabilities, community schools, or eligible nonpublic schools. The rules shall include the following: (1) Standards ensuring that the preschool program is ...

... (A) As used in this section: (1) "Active tuberculosis" has the same meaning as in section 339.71 of the Revised Code. (2) "Latent tuberculosis" means tuberculosis that has been demonstrated by a positive reaction to a tuberculosis test but has no clinical, bacteriological, or radiographic evidence of active tuberculosis. (3) "Licensed health professional" means any of the following: (a) A physician authorize...

... (A)(1) Each preschool program shall be directed and supervised by a director, a head teacher, an elementary principal, or a site administrator who is on site and responsible for supervision of the program. Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, this person shall hold a valid educator license designated as appropriate for teaching or being an administrator in a preschool setting issue...

... (A)(1) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator of a preschool program shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any applicant who has applied to the preschool program for employment as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child. If the applicant does not present...

... (A) A school district, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school operating a preschool program shall house the program in buildings that meet the following requirements: (1) The building is operated by the district, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school and has been approved by the division of industrial complian...

... (A) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator who is on site and responsible for supervision of each preschool program shall be responsible for the following: (1) Ensuring that the health and safety of the children are safeguarded by an organized program of school health services designed to identify child health problems and to coordinate school and community health resources for ch...

... (A) For the purpose of improving programs, facilities, and implementation of the standards promulgated under section 3301.53 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce and the department of children and youth shall provide consultation and technical assistance to school districts, county boards of developmental disabilities, community schools, authorized private before and after school care progr...

... (A) The department of children and youth is responsible for the licensing of preschool programs and school child programs and for the enforcement of sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code and of any rules adopted under those sections. No school district board of education, county board of developmental disabilities, community school, or eligible nonpublic school shall operate, establish, manage, conduct, or...

... No school child program may receive any state or federal funds specifically allocated for school child programs unless the school child program is licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 or Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code.

...The interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a party thereto with any other state that heretofore has legally joined or hereafter legally joins the compact, as follows: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children ARTICLE I. PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educa...

... (A) "Children of military families," "local education agencies," "military installation," and "transition" have the same meanings as in section 3301.60 of the Revised Code. (B) In order to minimize disruptions, local education agencies shall permit children of military families to participate in technology-based educational opportunities when those students' families receive permanent change of station orders to o...

... (A) The state council on educational opportunity for military children is hereby established within the department of education and workforce. The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The director of education and workforce or the director's designee; (2) The director of veterans services or the director's designee; (3) The superintendent of a school district that has a high concentration of ...

... The governor shall appoint a compact commissioner who shall be responsible for administering the state's participation in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, as ratified by section 3301.60 of the Revised Code. The compact commissioner shall be a state officer within the department of education and workforce and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

... The state council on educational opportunity for military children, established under section 3301.61 of the Revised Code, shall appoint a military family education liaison to assist families and the state in implementing the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, as ratified by section 3301.60 of the Revised Code. The department of education and workforce shall provide staff support fo...

... The annual assessment charged to the state for participating in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children shall be divided equally between the department of education and workforce and the department of veterans services.

... (A) In order to implement the provisions of sections 3301.60 and 3301.601 of the Revised Code, a school district board of education shall permit the school-aged child of a member of the uniformed services who is relocating to or within the state on active duty and who is not a resident of the district during the enrollment period to apply for enrollment in a school in the district in the same manner and at the same ...

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall establish a consolidated school mandate report for school districts. The report shall be distributed and monitored by the department. Each district or school shall complete and file the report not later than the thirtieth day of November each year. The report shall require each district or school to denote "yes" to indicate compliance or "no" to indicate noncomplia...

... (A) The department of education and workforce is the designated state agency responsible for the coordination and administration of sections 110 to 118 of the "National and Community Service Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 3127 (1990), 42 U.S.C. 12401 to 12431, as amended. With the assistance of the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism created in section 121.40 of the Revised Code, the department shall coordinate wit...

...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 license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

... (A) The department of education and workforce shall award a certificate of high school equivalence to each person who achieves the equivalent of a high school education, as measured by scores obtained on a high school equivalency test approved by the department pursuant to division (B) of this section. Each certificate awarded under this section shall be signed by the director of education and workforce. Notwiths...

... (A) A person who meets all of the following criteria shall be permitted to take a high school equivalency test approved by the department of education and workforce pursuant to division (B) of section 3301.80 of the Revised Code: (1) The person is at least eighteen years of age. (2) The person is officially withdrawn from school. (3) The person has not received a high school diploma or honors diploma awarde...

... (A) The department of education and workforce, in conjunction with the department of higher education and the department of children and youth, shall create, administer, and oversee the prenatal-to-five early childhood to post-secondary regional partnerships program to support existing and establish new early childhood to post-secondary regional partnerships throughout Ohio in regions that choose to participate. The...