Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3301 - Department Of Education

• Section 3301.01 - State Board Of Education.
  (A) There is hereby created the state board of education consisting of nineteen members with eleven elected members, one each to be elected in...
• Section 3301.011 - Total Student Count Defined.
  As used in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code, "total student count" for any school district means the average number of students enrolled during...
• Section 3301.02 - Elected And Appointed State Board Members - Terms Of Office.
  (A) Elected voting members of the state board of education shall be elected as required by expiration of respective terms, each for a term...
• Section 3301.021 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3301.02.
  Effective Date: 05-19-1992
• Section 3301.03 - Board Members To Be Qualified Electors - Oath, Salary, Expenses.
  Each elected voting member of the state board of education shall be a qualified elector residing in the territory composing the district from which...
• Section 3301.031 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3301.03.
  Effective Date: 05-19-1992
• Section 3301.04 - Meetings.
  Between the first and thirty-first day of January of each odd-numbered year, the state board of education shall hold an organization meeting at which...
• Section 3301.041 - Audio And Video Recordings Of Board Of Education Meetings.
  The state board of education shall make available via the internet an audio recording of each regular and special business meeting of the state...
• Section 3301.05 - Public Meetings, Official Records Of Board.
  A majority of the voting members of the state board of education shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Official actions of...
• Section 3301.06 - Vacancy On Board.
  A vacancy in the state board of education may be caused by death, nonresidence, resignation, removal from office, failure of a person elected to...
• Section 3301.07 - State Board Of Education - Powers And Duties.
  The state board of education shall exercise under the acts of the general assembly general supervision of the system of public education in the...
• Section 3301.071 - Standards For Teacher Certification In Nontax-supported Or Nonchartered, Nontax-supported Schools.
  (A) (1) In the case of nontax-supported schools, standards for teacher certification prescribed under section 3301.07 of the Revised Code shall provide for certification,...
• Section 3301.072 - Programs Of In-service Training In District Budget And Finance.
  The state board of education shall establish continuing programs of in-service training in school district budget and finance for superintendents of schools or their...
• Section 3301.073 - Furnishing Technical-financial Assistance To District.
  Upon the request of the board of education of any school district, the state board of education shall furnish technical assistance to the school...
• Section 3301.074 - Licenses For School District Treasurers And Business Managers.
  (A) The state board of education shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish standards for licensing school...
• Section 3301.075 - Purchase And Lease Of Data Processing Services And Equipment - Ohio Education Computer Network.
  The state board of education shall adopt rules governing the purchasing and leasing of data processing services and equipment for all local, exempted village,...
• Section 3301.076 - Operating Reserve Account Or Minimum Cash Balance.
  No information technology center established under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code shall be required to maintain an operating reserve account or fund or...
• Section 3301.077 - Adoption Of Reading Competencies.
  Not later than January 31, 2014, the state board of education shall adopt reading competencies for all reading credentials and training. Such competencies shall...
• Section 3301.078 - Agreements To Cede Control Ov Academic Content Standards Prohibited.
  (A) No official or board of this state, whether appointed or elected, shall enter into any agreement or memorandum of understanding with any federal...
• Section 3301.079 - Academic Standards - Model Curriculum.
  (A) (1) The state board of education periodically shall adopt statewide academic standards with emphasis on coherence, focus, and essential knowledge and that are...
• Section 3301.0710 - Ohio Graduation Tests.
  The state board of education shall adopt rules establishing a statewide program to assess student achievement. The state board shall ensure that all assessments...
• Section 3301.0711 - Administration And Grading Of Assessments.
  (A) The department of education shall: (1) Annually furnish to, grade, and score all assessments required by divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of section 3301.0710...
• Section 3301.0712 - College And Work Ready Assessment System.
  (A) The state board of education, the superintendent of public instruction, and the chancellor of higher education shall develop a system of college and...
• Section 3301.0713 - Education Management Information System Advisory Board.
  (A) The education management information system advisory board is hereby established. The board shall make recommendations to the department of education for improving the...
• Section 3301.0714 - Guidelines For Statewide Education Management Information System.
  (A) The state board of education shall adopt rules for a statewide education management information system. The rules shall require the state board to...
• Section 3301.0715 - District Board To Administer Diagnostic Assessments - Intervention Services.
  (A) Except as otherwise required under division (B)(1) of section 3313.608 of the Revised Code, the board of education of each city, local, and...
• Section 3301.0716 - Department Access To Student Information.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, the department of education may have access to personally identifiable information about any student...
• Section 3301.0717 - Establishment And Submission Of Education Goals With Specific Timetables By Board.
  In addition to the duties imposed on it by law, the state board of education shall establish and submit to the governor and the...
• Section 3301.0718 - Standards And Curricula For Computer Literacy, Fine Arts, Foreign Language - Health Or Physical Education Provisions.
  The state board of education shall not adopt or revise any standards or curriculum in the area of health unless, by concurrent resolution, the...
• Section 3301.0719 - Adoption Of Standards For Business Education In Grades Seven Through Twelve.
  (A) As used in this section, "business education" includes, but is not limited to, accounting, career development, economics and personal finance, entrepreneurship, information technology,...
• Section 3301.0720 - Recommendations To School Districts For Teaching Secondary School Sciences.
  The state board of education shall recommend all of the following to school districts in connection with the teaching of secondary school sciences: (A)...
• Section 3301.0721 - Development Of Model Curriculum For Instruction In College And Career Readiness And Financial Literacy.
  The superintendent of public instruction shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in college and career readiness and financial literacy. The curriculum shall focus...
• Section 3301.0722 - Review Of New And Modified Forms.
  As used in this section and section 3301.0721 of the Revised Code, "form" means any report, document, paper, computer software program, or other instrument...
• Section 3301.0723 - Data Verification Code For Younger Children Receiving State Services.
  (A) The independent contractor engaged by the department of education to create and maintain for school districts and community schools the student data verification...
• Section 3301.0724 - Annual Aggregate Spending Report.
  (A) The department of education annually shall report to the general assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, for each school...
• Section 3301.0725 - Extended Programming Employment Of Certificated Instructional Personnel.
  A school district may employ certificated instructional personnel for hours outside of the normal school day for the purpose of providing extended programming. Extended...
• Section 3301.0726 - High School Instructional Materials On Personal Financial Responsibility.
  The department of education shall develop a packet of high school instructional materials on personal financial responsibility, including instructional materials on the avoidance of...
• Section 3301.0728 - Retaking Of End-of-course Examinations.
  Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the contrary, a student may retake any end-of-course examination prescribed under division (B)(2) of section 3301.0712 of...
• Section 3301.08 - Appointment Of Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
  The state board of education shall appoint the superintendent of public instruction, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board shall...
• Section 3301.09 - Superintendent Of Public Instruction Shall Be Secretary Of Board.
  The superintendent of public instruction shall serve as secretary to the state board of education, and shall attend all meetings of the board, or...
• Section 3301.10 - Superintendent Of Public Instruction Shall Be Member Of Board Of Trustees Of Ohio History Connection.
  The superintendent of public instruction shall be a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio history connection, in addition to the members...
• Section 3301.101 - Renumbered Rc 3303.101.
  Effective Date: 12-23-1986
• Section 3301.11 - Superintendent Of Public Instruction Shall Be Executive And Administrative Officer Of Board.
  The superintendent of public instruction shall be the executive and administrative officer of the state board of education in its administration of all educational...
• Section 3301.111 - Board Report To Governor.
  Upon a request by the governor made on or before the first day of October of any year, the state board of education shall...
• Section 3301.12 - Superintendent Of Public Instruction - Additional Duties.
  (A) The superintendent of public instruction in addition to the authority otherwise imposed on the superintendent, shall perform the following duties: (1) The superintendent...
• Section 3301.121 - Adjudication Procedure To Determine Whether To Permanently Exclude Pupil.
  (A) In addition to the duties and responsibilities of the superintendent of public instruction set forth in section 3301.12 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 3301.122 - Development Of Ten-year Strategic Plan Aligned With The Strategic Plan For Higher Education.
  Not later than December 1, 2009, the superintendent of public instruction shall develop a ten-year strategic plan aligned with the strategic plan for higher...
• Section 3301.13 - Department Of Education - Organization - Powers And Duties.
  The department of education hereby created, shall be the administrative unit and organization through which the policies, directives, and powers of the state board...
• Section 3301.131 - School-parent And School-business Partnerships.
  The department of education shall encourage, seek out, and publicize to the general public and the school districts of this state, innovative and exemplary...
• Section 3301.132 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-15-1995
• Section 3301.133 - Identifiable Organizational Unit Of Department To Deal With Management Of Education Data.
  As used in this section, "form" has the same meaning as in section 3301.0722 of the Revised Code. (A) No later than July 1,...
• Section 3301.134 - Awards For Innovative And Exemplary Parental Involvement Programs.
  (A) In each fiscal year the department of education, in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly, may issue awards of equal amounts...
• Section 3301.14 - Annual Report.
  Each year the state board of education shall require a report of the president, manager, or principal of each seminary, academy, parochial, or private...
• Section 3301.15 - Inspection Of Institutions Employing Teachers - Reports.
  The state board of education or its authorized representatives may inspect all institutions under the control of the department of job and family services,...
• Section 3301.16 - State Board To Classify And Charter School Districts And Individual Schools Within Each District.
  Pursuant to standards prescribed by the state board of education as provided in division (D) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, the state...
• Section 3301.161 - Petition Of Referendum Against Transfer Of School District.
  Within thirty days following the issuance of an order to dissolve a school district pursuant to section 3301.16 of the Revised Code, qualified electors...
• Section 3301.162 - Notice Of Intent To Close Chartered Nonpublic School.
  (A) If the governing authority of a chartered nonpublic school intends to close the school, the governing authority shall notify all of the following...
• Section 3301.163 - Third-grade Reading Guarantee For Scholarship Students.
  (A) Beginning July 1, 2015, any third-grade student who attends a chartered nonpublic school with a scholarship awarded under either the educational choice scholarship...
• Section 3301.17 - Driver Education Courses.
  The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district may make a driver education course available to high...
• Section 3301.171 - Driver Education Course Fee.
  A board of education that makes available a driver education course pursuant to section 3301.17 of the Revised Code may require pupils enrolled in...
• Section 3301.18 - Duties Of Department Regarding Desegregation Within School Districts.
  The department of education shall: (A) Administer grants under section 3301.19 of the Revised Code in support of voluntary desegregation within school districts; (B)...
• Section 3301.19 - Program To Support School Boards That Voluntarily Adopt And Implement Desegregation Plan.
  The department of education shall administer a program to support school boards that voluntarily adopt and implement plans of student transfers to desegregate schools...
• Section 3301.21 - State Action For Education Leadership Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the state action for education leadership fund. Money received by the department of education from the...
• Section 3301.22 - Model Harassment Prevention Policy.
  The state board of education shall develop a model policy to prohibit harassment, intimidation, or bullying in order to assist school districts in developing...
• Section 3301.25 - Secondary School Libraries To Receive Material Regarding Veterans.
  The department of education shall distribute to the library of each secondary school in this state a copy of a videotape of the Ohio...
• Section 3301.27 - Research On Factors That Improve Education Effectiveness.
  The department of education shall conduct research on the factors that improve education effectiveness in school districts and for this purpose may require school...
• Section 3301.28 - Clearinghouse For The Identification Of And Intervention For At-risk Students.
  Not later than July 1, 2015, the department of education shall establish a clearinghouse of information regarding the identification of and intervention for at-risk...
• Section 3301.30 - Programs For Children Of Migrant Agricultural Laborers.
  The department of education shall: (A) Actively encourage, assist, and support boards of education in applying for moneys for programs for pre-school children of...
• Section 3301.31 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.311 - Head Start Funding.
  (A) As used in this section, "preschool program" has the same meaning as in section 3301.52 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to divisions...
• Section 3301.32 - Criminal Records Check.
  (A) (1) The chief administrator of any head start agency shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct...
• Section 3301.33 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.34 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.35 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.36 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.38 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.40 - Adult Education Programs.
  (A) As used in this section, "adult education" has the meaning as established under the "adult education act," 102 Stat. 302 (1988), 20 U.S.C....
• Section 3301.41 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
• Section 3301.42 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 10/16/2009. Note: This section was amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01,...
• Section 3301.43 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §105.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
• Section 3301.44 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 125.87.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 3301.45 - Distribution Of Information From Online Education And Career Planning Tool To High Schools.
  (A) Not later than the thirtieth day of September of each year, the department of education shall distribute to all public high schools the...
• Section 3301.46 - Proposed Method For Transcript Documentation Of Transferable Credits.
  Not later than April 30, 2009, the department of education and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents jointly shall propose a standard...
• Section 3301.47 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 125.90.
  Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 3301.48 - Interstate Compact For Education.
  The interstate compact for education is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a party thereto with any other...
• Section 3301.481 - Identifying State Agency For Whose Benefit Real Property Is Acquired.
  Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 3301.48 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that...
• Section 3301.49 - Appointment Of Members To Educational Commission.
  Pursuant to paragraph A of Article III of the educational compact enacted in section 3301.48 of the Revised Code, there shall be seven members...
• Section 3301.50 - Preschool Educator License.
  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...
• Section 3301.51 - Preschool Associate Educator License Not Required.
  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...
• Section 3301.52 - Preschool, School Child Program Definitions.
  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...
• Section 3301.521 - Applicability To Day-care Provided Exclusively For Participants Of An Adult Education Program.
  Sections 3301.53 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code do not apply to child care provided exclusively for participants of an adult education program that...
• Section 3301.53 - Rules For Minimum Standards For Preschool Programs.
  (A) The state board of education, in consultation with the director of job and family services, shall formulate and prescribe by rule adopted under...
• Section 3301.54 - Direction And Supervision Of Preschool Program - Qualifications Of Staff Members.
  (A) (1) Each preschool program shall be directed and supervised by a director, a head teacher, an elementary principal, or a site administrator who...
• Section 3301.541 - Criminal Records Check.
  (A) (1) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator of a preschool program shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal...
• Section 3301.55 - Preschool Program Building Requirements And Building Plan.
  (A) A school district, county DD board, community school, or eligible nonpublic school operating a preschool program shall house the program in buildings that...
• Section 3301.56 - Duties Of Director Of Program - Staff Requirements And Maximum Group Size - Right Of Access.
  (A) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site administrator who is on site and responsible for supervision of each preschool program shall be...
• Section 3301.57 - Providing Consultation And Technical Assistance.
  (A) For the purpose of improving programs, facilities, and implementation of the standards promulgated by the state board of education under section 3301.53 of...
• Section 3301.58 - Licensing Of Preschool Programs And School Child Programs - Enforcement Of Rules.
  (A) The department of education is responsible for the licensing of preschool programs and school child programs and for the enforcement of sections 3301.52...
• Section 3301.581 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-26-2003
• Section 3301.59 - License Required For School Child Program To Receive State Or Federal Funds - Eligible Nonpublic School Program Alternatives.
  (A) No school child program may receive any state or federal funds specifically allocated for school child programs unless the school child program is...
• Section 3301.60 - Interstate Compact On Educational Opportunity For Military Children.
  The interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a party...
• Section 3301.61 - State Council On Educational Opportunity For Military Children.
  (A) The state council on educational opportunity for military children is hereby established within the department of education. The council shall consist of the...
• Section 3301.62 - Compact Commissioner.
  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...
• Section 3301.63 - Military Family Education Liaison.
  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...
• Section 3301.64 - Division Of Assessment For Participation In Compact.
  The annual assessment charged to the state for participating in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children shall be divided equally between...
• Section 3301.65, 3301.67 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-26-1991
• Section 3301.68 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127, HB 487, §105.01, eff. 9/10/2012. Effective Date: 09-26-2003
• Section 3301.70 - State Board Duties As To National And Community Service Act Of 1990.
  (A) The state board of education is the designated state agency responsible for the coordination and administration of sections 110 to 118 of the...
• Section 3301.71 - Effect Of Child Support Default On License Or Certificate.
  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...
• Section 3301.80 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2005
• Section 3301.801 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-09-2004
• Section 3301.82 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153, §105.01, eff. 6/30/2011.
• Section 3301.85 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.86 - Ohioreads Classroom Reading Grants Program.
  The classroom reading improvement grants program is hereby established. Under the program, the department of education shall award reading intervention grants to public schools...
• Section 3301.87 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-2005
• Section 3301.88 - Criminal Records Check.
  (A) A recipient of a grant under section 3301.86 of the Revised Code may request from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation a...
• Section 3301.90 - Early Childhood Advisory Council.
  The governor shall create the early childhood advisory council in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1) and shall appoint one of its members to serve...
• Section 3301.91 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2004
• Section 3301.92 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015. Added by 128th General AssemblyFile No.49, SB 210, §1, eff. 9/17/2010....
• Section 3301.921 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2011....
• Section 3301.922 - Annual Report On Body Mass Index Program.
  The department of education shall issue an annual report on the participation by public and chartered nonpublic schools in the option of sections 3313.674,...
• Section 3301.923 - Clearinghouse Of Best Practices To Promote Student Health.
  The department of education shall establish a clearinghouse of best practices that schools may use to promote student health. The department shall update the...
• Section 3301.94 - Education Data Repository.
  Upon approval of the state board of education, the superintendent of public instruction and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents may enter...
• Section 3301.941 - Student Level Data Records Collected And Maintained For Early Childhood Programs.
  As used in this section, "early childhood program" means any publicly funded program providing services to children younger than compulsory school age, as defined...
• Section 3301.947 - Privacy Of Data During Testing.
  Data collected in the course of testing under sections 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code shall be used for the sole...
• Section 3301.948 - Provision Of Data To Multi-state Consortium Prohibited.
  Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the contrary, the department of education, any school district, any school, or any third party under contract...
• Section 3301.95 - Use Of Funding Under American Recovery And Reinvestment Act.
  Each school district that receives federal funding under the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009," Pub. L. No. 111-5 , 123 Stat. 115,...
• Section 3301.96 - Compliance With Provisions Applicable To Grants Awarded Under Race To The Top Program.
  Any school district that is required by the agreement for a grant awarded under the federal Race to the Top program, Division (A), Title...

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