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Title 33, Education-Libraries

61 chapters · 2,440 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 332,440 Ch 3313, Boards of Education296 Ch 3309, Public School Employees Retirement S…157 Ch 3333, Department of Higher Education153 Ch 3307, State Teachers Retirement System152 Ch 3319, Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; …152 Ch 3345, State Universities - General Powers147 Ch 3314, Community Schools115 Ch 3301, Department of Education and Workforce110 Ch 3318, School Facilities80 Ch 3375, Libraries80 Ch 3311, School Districts; County Planning76 Ch 3317, Foundation Program72 Ch 3326, Science, Technology, Engineering, Ar…60 Ch 3335, Ohio State University50

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.292 Questioning of applicant regarding criminal history
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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…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.30 Necessity of license - professional meetings
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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…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.301 Board to issue permits to qualified nonlicensed individuals
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(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 cred…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.303 Standards and requirements for obtaining pupil-activity program permit

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(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 issue…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.31 Refusal to issue, suspension, revocation or limitations of license

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.311 Investigations

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(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 recei…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.312 Effect of child support default on certificate or permit

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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 permi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.313 Information concerning improper conduct by licensed employee

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(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. (…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.314 Report of improper conduct investigation kept in personnel file

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.315 RC 3319.313 and RC 3319.314 prevail over contractual provisions

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.316 Participation in retained applicant fingerprint database

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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 th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.317 False report of employee misconduct prohibited

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(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 superint…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.318 Illegally assisting a sex offender in attaining school employment

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.319 Release of information obtained during an investigation of an educator

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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, or 5126.253 of the Revised Code regarding an individual who is und…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.32 Records to be kept by superintendents and teachers of all schools - reports

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.321 Confidentiality

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(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 re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.322 Copy of photographs for school files

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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 o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.323 Alterations of records prohibited

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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 r…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.324 Student record transfer

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(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 nonpu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.325 Student data and technology provider definitions

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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, supervis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.326 Technology provider student data and educational records use

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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 incident…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.327 Monitoring of school-issued devices

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(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 f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.33 Annual report of statistics - civil proceedings information

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On or before the first day of August in each year, the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall report to the department of education and workforce the school statistics of its district. Such report shall be made on forms furnished by the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.35 Failure of superintendent or treasurer to make reports

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If the superintendent or treasurer of any school district or educational service center fails to prepare any required report, that superintendent shall be liable in the sum of three hundred dollars, to be recovered by a civil action. In the case of reports required to be submitte…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.36 Requirements for payment of teacher for services

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(A) No treasurer of a board of education or educational service center shall draw a check for the payment of a teacher for services until both of the following conditions are satisfied : (1) The treasurer receives a written statement from the district or service center superinten…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.361 Rules for issuance of supplemental teaching license

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(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, the state board of education shall establish rules for the issuance of a supplemental teaching license. This license shall be issued at the request of the superintendent of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocationa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.37 Appointment of persons to make reports for treasurer or executive head - compensation

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Upon the neglect or failure of a treasurer or executive head of the schools of any district within the educational service center to make the required reports, by the time specified, the superintendent of the service center must appoint some suitable person to make such reports, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.39 Criminal records check

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(A)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2)(b) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the appointing or hiring officer of the board of education of a school district, the governing board of an educational service center, or of a chartered nonpublic school shall request the super…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.391 Applicants and new hires subject to criminal records check provisions

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This section applies to any person hired by a school district, educational service center, or chartered nonpublic school and any contractor or person hired by a contractor engaged in providing services that may involve routine interaction with a child or regular responsibility fo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.392 Criminal records check of private contract employee

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the superintendent, or the superintendent's designee, in the case of a school district or educational service center and the chief administrator, or the chief administrator's designee, in the case of a chartered nonpubl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.393 Educator profile database consultation

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(A) Each school district and chartered nonpublic school shall include the following notice in boldface type in each employment application: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY MAKES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEAN…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.40 Suspension of employee pending criminal action

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(A) As used in this section, "license" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If a person who is employed by a school district or chartered nonpublic school is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged violation of an offense listed in division (…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.41 Corporal punishment policy

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(A) No person employed or engaged as a teacher, principal, administrator, nonlicensed school employee, or bus driver in a public school may inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment as a means of discipline upon a pupil attending such school. (B) A person employed or o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.42 Interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel

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The interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all states legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: THE INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL Article I. Purpose, findings…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.43 Designated state official shall be superintendent of public instruction

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The "designated state official" defined pursuant to article II of section 3319.42 of the Revised Code shall be the superintendent of public instruction. He shall enter into contracts pursuant to article III of section 3319.42 of the Revised Code only with the approval of the spec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.44 Copies of contracts to be kept on file

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True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this state pursuant to sections 3319.42 and 3319.43 of the Revised Code shall be kept on file in the offices of the department of education and workforce and of the secretary of state. The department of education and workforce shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.45 Principal to report certain act or violations by pupil to superintendent and law enforcement officer

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If a principal of a public school in a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, acting in his official or professional capacity, has knowledge of or has observed a pupil committing a violation listed in division (A) of section 3313.662 of the Revised Co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.46 Policy and rules regarding positive behavior intervention supports and the use of physical restraint or seclusion on students; duties of board

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(A)(1) The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish both of the following: (a) A policy and standards for the implementation of positive behavior intervention and supports framework; (b) A policy and standards f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.47 Sexual harassment counseling

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The school districts, public schools, and chartered nonpublic schools of this state may provide counseling to any victim of sexual harassment or sexually related conduct.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.51 Fees - state board of education licensure fund

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(A) As used in this section, "operating expenses" includes the cost of administering requirements related to the issuance and renewal of licenses, certificates, or permits described in this chapter and sections 3301.071 and 3301.074 of the Revised Code and any other cost incurred…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.52 Notification of guilty plea or conviction of license holder

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section 2951.041 of the Revised Code. (2) "License" has the same meaning as in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. (3) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.60 Educator standards board

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There is hereby established the educator standards board. The board shall develop and recommend to the state board of education standards for entering and continuing in the educator professions and standards for educator professional development. The board membership shall reflec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.61 Duties of board

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(A) The educator standards board, in consultation with the chancellor of higher education, shall do all of the following: (1) Develop state standards for teachers and principals that reflect what teachers and principals are expected to know and be able to do at all stages of thei…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.611 Subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board

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The subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members: (A) The school district superintendent appointed to the educator standards board under section 3319.60 of the Revised…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.612 Subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the educator standards board

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The subcommittee on standards for school treasurers and business managers of the educator standards board is hereby established. The subcommittee shall consist of the following members: (A) The school district treasurer or business manager appointed to the educator standards boar…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.614 Policies prohibiting affirmations of specific beliefs

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(A) Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, the board of education of each school district shall adopt a policy that states all of the following: (1) The school district shall not solicit or require an employee or applicant for employment or academic admissio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.63 Granting professional leave for educator standards board service

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The board of education of a school district that employs any person who is appointed to serve as a member of the educator standards board under division (A)(1)(a) or (c) of section 3319.60, as a member of the subcommittee on standards for superintendents under division (B) or (C)…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.65 Credential review board

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The state board of education shall establish a credential review board. The credential review board shall carry out any functions assigned to it by the state board with respect to assessing individuals pursuing alternative routes to educator licensure and out of state educators s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.67 Teacher of the year recognition program

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(A) The state board of education may establish an annual teacher of the year recognition program for outstanding teachers. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, a person or entity may make a voluntary contribution to the recognition program desc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.80 Engagement of dyslexia specialist to train teachers

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(A) The governing board of any educational service center may engage the services of a dyslexia specialist to provide training for teachers of grades kindergarten to four on the indicators of dyslexia and the types of instruction that children with dyslexia need to learn, read, w…