Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3321 - School Attendance

• Section 3321.01 - Compulsory School Age - Requirements For Admission To Kindergarten Or First Grade - Pupil Personnel Services Committee.
  (A) (1) As used in this chapter, "parent," "guardian," or "other person having charge or care of a child" means either parent unless the...
• Section 3321.02 - Children Amenable To Compulsory Education Laws.
  Every child actually resident in the state shall be amenable to the laws relating to compulsory education, and neither he nor the person in...
• Section 3321.03 - Parent's Obligation To See That Child Receives Instruction.
  As used in this section and section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, "special education program" means a school or the educational agency that provides...
• Section 3321.04 - Scope Of Obligation.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any joint...
• Section 3321.041 - Excused Absences For Certain Extracurricular Activities.
  (A) As used in this section, "extracurricular activity" means a pupil activity program that a school or school district operates and is not included...
• Section 3321.05 - All-day Or Extended Kindergarten.
  (A) As used in this section, "all-day kindergarten" means a kindergarten class that is in session for not less than the same number of...
• Section 3321.06 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-01-1965
• Section 3321.07 - Requirements For Child Instructed At Other Than Public School.
  If any child attends upon instruction elsewhere than in a public school such instruction shall be in a school which conforms to the minimum...
• Section 3321.08 - Part-time School - Definition.
  Every child who has been granted an age and schooling certificate shall, until the age at which such certificate is no longer required, attend...
• Section 3321.09 - Part-time Schooling Not Provided By Board Of Education.
  Attendance at a part-time school or class provided by an employer, by a partnership, corporation, or individual, by a private or parochial school, by...
• Section 3321.10 - Supervision Of Children Employed On Age And Schooling Certificates.
  All parents, guardians, and other persons who have the care of children who are employed under age and schooling certificates shall cause them to...
• Section 3321.11 - Availability Or Accessibility Of Part-time Schools.
  The superintendent of schools shall be the judge of the availability or accessibility of part-time schools for children who are holders of age and...
• Section 3321.12 - Report To Treasurer Of 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 require reporting...
• Section 3321.13 - Duties Of Teacher And Superintendent Upon Withdrawal Or Habitual Absence Of Child From School - Forms.
  (A) Whenever any child of compulsory school age withdraws from school the teacher of that child shall ascertain the reason for withdrawal. The fact...
• Section 3321.14 - Attendance Officer - Pupil-personnel Workers.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section and sections 3321.15...
• Section 3321.15 - Educational Service Center Attendance Officer And Assistants.
  Every governing board of an educational service center may employ an educational service center attendance officer, and may employ or appoint such assistants as...
• Section 3321.16 - Investigation Of Nonattendance.
  An attendance officer or assistant provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code may investigate any case of nonattendance at school...
• Section 3321.17 - Attendance Officer And Assistants - Powers.
  The attendance officer and assistants provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code shall be vested with police powers, may serve...
• Section 3321.18 - Enforcement Proceedings.
  The attendance officer provided for by section 3321.14 or 3321.15 of the Revised Code shall institute proceedings against any officer, parent, guardian, or other...
• Section 3321.19 - Examination Into Cases Of Truancy - Failure Of Parent, Guardian Or Responsible Person To Cause Child's Attendance At School.
  (A) As used in this section and section 3321.191 of the Revised Code: (1) "Habitual truant" has the same meaning as in section 2151.011...
• Section 3321.191 - Board To Adopt Policy Regarding Habitual Truancy - Intervention Strategies.
  (A) No later than August 31, 2000, the board of education of each city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, and cooperative education school district...
• Section 3321.20 - Warning Of Legal Consequences Of Truancy - Complaint.
  When any child, in violation of section 3321.08 or 3321.09 of the Revised Code, is not attending a part-time school or class, the attendance...
• Section 3321.21 - Notice.
  A notice under section 3321.19 or 3321.20 of the Revised Code, sent by registered mail, is a legal notice. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 3321.22 - Juvenile Court Proceedings.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a complaint is filed against the parent, guardian, or other person in charge...
• Section 3321.23 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-21-1978
• Section 3321.24 To 3321.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-14-1967
• Section 3321.38 - Prohibiting Failure To Send Child To School.
  (A) No parent, guardian, or other person having care of a child of compulsory school age shall violate any provision of section 3321.01, 3321.03,...
• Section 3321.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates division (A) of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or may be ordered...

Last modified: October 10, 2016