Section 3301.03 | Board members to be qualified electors - oath, salary, expenses.
(A) Each member of the board shall be a qualified elector residing in the state. One member shall represent each of the following:
(1) A rural school district;
(2) A suburban school district;
(3) An urban school district;
(4) A community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;
(5) A chartered nonpublic school.
No member of the board shall, during the member's term of office, hold any other office of trust or profit or be an employee or officer of any public or private elementary or secondary school. Before entering on the duties of office, each member shall subscribe to the official oath of office.
Each member of the state board of education shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code, together with the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of the member's official duties or in the conduct of authorized board business, and while en route to and from the member's home for such purposes.
(B) As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit" means:
(1) A federal or state elective office or an elected office of a political subdivision of the state;
(2) A position on a board or commission of the state that is appointed by the governor;
(3) An office set forth in section 121.03, 121.04, or 121.05 of the Revised Code;
(4) An office of the government of the United States that is appointed by the president of the United States.
Last updated July 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- September 15, 2014 – House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly [ View September 15, 2014 Version ]
- September 30, 2025 – Amended by House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly [ View September 30, 2025 Version ]