Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3313 - Boards Of Education

• Section 3313.01 - Membership Of Board Of Education Or Governing Board Of Service Center.
  In local and exempted village school districts an educational service centers, except as provided in section 3311.054 and 3311.056 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 3313.02 - Membership Of Boards In City School Districts.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section and sections 3313.03 to 3313.09 of...
• Section 3313.03 - Redistricting Into Subdistricts.
  Within three months after the official announcement of the result of each successive federal census, the board of education of each city school district...
• Section 3313.04 - Petition For Submission Of Question Of Number Of Members And Organization Of Board.
  This section and sections 3313.05 to 3313.08 of the Revised Code do not apply to any municipal school district until after the referendum required...
• Section 3313.05 - Submission Of Plans To Electors - Contents - Separate Ballot.
  The commission provided for by section 3313.04 of the Revised Code shall prepare and submit to the electors at the next regular municipal election,...
• Section 3313.06 - Election - Expense Of Commission.
  Provisions shall be made by the board of elections for the preparation of the ballots for the holding of the election as provided in...
• Section 3313.061 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3313.606.
  Effective Date: 04-16-1993
• Section 3313.07 - Adoption By Majority Vote.
  If any plan submitted according to section 3313.05 of the Revised Code receives a majority of the number of votes cast for all of...
• Section 3313.08 - Election Of Members.
  If the number of members of a board of education of any city school district to be elected at large as fixed by section...
• Section 3313.09 - Term Of Office Of Members.
  The terms of office of members of each board of education shall begin on the first day of January after their election and each...
• Section 3313.091 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-10-1991
• Section 3313.10 - Oath Of Office Of Member.
  Before entering upon the duties of his office each person elected or appointed a member of a board of education shall take an oath...
• Section 3313.11 - Vacancy In Board.
  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 3313.12 - [Effective Until 2/1/2016] Compensation And Mileage.
  Each member of the educational service center governing board may be paid such compensation as the governing board provides by resolution, provided that any...
• Section 3313.12 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Compensation And Mileage.
  (A) Each member of the educational service center governing board may be paid such compensation as the governing board provides by resolution, provided that...
• Section 3313.13 - Membership Restriction.
  Except as otherwise provided in this section, no prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or other official acting in a similar capacity shall be...
• Section 3313.131 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Member Of Governing Authority Of Community School Prohibited From Membership On Board Of Education.
  No person who is a member of the governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code shall be...
• Section 3313.14 - Annual Organizational Meeting.
  The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall meet on a day occurring during the first fifteen days...
• Section 3313.15 - Regular Meetings Of Board.
  At the time of the organization meeting each board of education shall fix the time for holding its regular meetings. Regular meetings shall be...
• Section 3313.16 - Special Meetings Of Board.
  A special meeting of a board of education may be called by the president or treasurer thereof or by any two members, by serving...
• Section 3313.17 - Corporate Powers Of The Board.
  The board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued,...
• Section 3313.171 - Consultant Services.
  A board of education may expend funds for consultant services for any purpose related to the business administration of the school district, and this...
• Section 3313.172 - Purchase, Lease, Or Lease-purchase Of Motor Vehicles.
  The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of any educational service center...
• Section 3313.173 - Reward For Information On Person Who Commits Violation Of Law.
  The board of education of any city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of any educational service center...
• Section 3313.174 - [Renumbered As 3313.82] Business Advisory Councils.
  Renumbered as § 3313.82 by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 7/17/2009. Effective Date: 09-29-1995
• Section 3313.18 - Quorum - Recording Of Votes - Adoption Of Annual Appropriation Resolution.
  A majority of the members of a board of education shall constitute a quorum. Upon a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the purchase...
• Section 3313.19 - Power Of Board To Compound Or Release Claims Due From Banks.
  The board of education of any school district may compound or release, in whole or in part, a debt, obligation, judgment, or claim due...
• Section 3313.20 - Rules - Locker Search Policy - Professional Meetings.
  (A) The board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center shall make any rules that are...
• Section 3313.201 - Procurement Of Insurance Against Liability Of Officers, Employees, And Pupils Of District.
  (A) The board of education of each school district shall procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring officers, employees, and pupils of the...
• Section 3313.202 - Insurance And Fringe Benefits.
  Any elected or appointed member of the board of education of a school district and the dependent children and spouse of the member may...
• Section 3313.203 - Liability Insurance - Indemnification.
  As used in this section, "school support entity" means any nonprofit entity formed for the support of school district programs. The board of education...
• Section 3313.204 - Advertise Offering Of Adult Education Classes.
  A board of education of a city, local, exempt ed village, or joint vocational school district may expend funds to advertise the offering by...
• Section 3313.205 - Notification Of Student's Absence From School.
  The board of education of each school district shall adopt a written policy with respect to the notification of a student's parents, parent who...
• Section 3313.206 - Mcgruff House Symbol.
  Each board of education that establishes or maintains a mcgruff house program shall use the mcgruff house symbol adopted by the division of criminal...
• Section 3313.207 - Latchkey Program Definitions.
  As used in sections 3313.207 to 3313.209 of the Revised Code: (A) "Children" means children who are enrolled in kindergarten or who are of...
• Section 3313.208 - School District Participation In Provision Of Latchkey Programs.
  A board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center may assess the need for latchkey programs...
• Section 3313.209 - Options For Districts That Do Not Operate A Latchkey Program.
  (A) A board of education of a school district that does not provide a latchkey program may provide ancillary services to and may make...
• Section 3313.21 - Authority Of School Board Over Selection Of Instructional Materials And Curriculum.
  (A) The board of education of each school district shall be the sole authority in determining and selecting all of the following to be...
• Section 3313.211 - Employee Compensation While Serving As Juror.
  The board of education shall pay a full-time employee, including hourly and per diem employees, the difference between such employee's regular compensation and the...
• Section 3313.212 - Parental Review Of Instructional Materials, Etc.
  The board of education of each school district shall provide an opportunity for parents to review the selection of textbooks and reading lists, instructional...
• Section 3313.22 - Appointment Of Treasurer - Re-employment - Evaluation.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.52, if the treasurer of any cooperative education school district is also the treasurer of another school district or...
• Section 3313.221 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1983
• Section 3313.222 - Agreement Of Districts To Jointly Employ Treasurer.
  As used in this section "school district" means any of the following: (A) A city, local, or exempted village school district; (B) An educational...
• Section 3313.23 - Absence Or Incapacitation Of Treasurer.
  If a treasurer of a board of education is absent from any meeting of the board the members present shall choose one of their...
• Section 3313.24 - Compensation Of Treasurer.
  (A) At the time of the appointment or designation of the term of office of the treasurer, subject to division (B) of this section,...
• Section 3313.25 - Bond Of Treasurer Of Board.
  Before entering upon the duties of his office, the treasurer of each board of education shall execute a bond, in an amount and with...
• Section 3313.26 - Record Of Proceedings.
  The treasurer of the board of education shall record the proceedings of each meeting in a book to be provided by the board for...
• Section 3313.261 - Treasurer To Notify Board Of Elections Of Changes In Boundaries.
  The treasurer of an educational service center governing board or a city, exempted village, or local board of education shall notify the board of...
• Section 3313.262 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 08-22-1995
• Section 3313.27 - Delivery Of Funds To Board At Expiration Of Term Of Treasurer - Certificate.
  At the expiration of the term of any treasurer of any board of education or before any board approves the surety of any treasurer,...
• Section 3313.28 - Delivery Of Records To Successor.
  The treasurer of a board of education, at the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, shall deliver to the treasurer's successor all books...
• Section 3313.29 - Treasurer To Keep Account Of School Funds - Vouchers.
  The treasurer of each board of education shall keep an account of all school funds of the district. The treasurer shall receive all vouchers...
• Section 3313.291 - Petty Cash Account.
  The board of education of a school district may adopt a resolution establishing a petty cash account from which a designated district official may...
• Section 3313.30 - Declaration That School District Is Unauditable; Notice.
  (A) If the auditor of state or a public accountant, under section 117.41 of the Revised Code, declares a school district to be unauditable,...
• Section 3313.31 - Treasurer To Perform All Duties Relating To Moneys.
  (A) All the duties and obligations of the county auditor, county treasurer, or other officer or person relating to the moneys of a school...
• Section 3313.32 - Moneys To Be Placed With Treasurer When Depository Ceases To Act.
  If, for any reason, a depository in a school district ceases to act as custodian of the school moneys, all moneys of such school...
• Section 3313.33 - Conveyances And Contracts.
  (A) Conveyances made by a board of education shall be executed by the president and treasurer thereof. (B) Except as provided in division (C)...
• Section 3313.34 - Process Against Boards.
  Process in all suits against a board of education shall be by summons which shall be served by leaving a copy thereof with the...
• Section 3313.35 - Legal Adviser Of Boards Of Education And Governing Board Of An Educational Service Center.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section that apply to...
• Section 3313.351 - Information Regarding Contracting With Online Service Providers.
  The attorney general may educate school districts about contracting with any entity that provides students with account-based access to a web site or an...
• Section 3313.36 - Acceptance Of Bequests, Gifts, Or Endowments.
  (A) By the adoption of a resolution, a board of education may accept any bequest made to it by will or may accept any...
• Section 3313.37 - Powers Regarding School Buildings And Facilities; Educational Service Centers; Acquisition Of Property And Equipment.
  (A) (1) The board of education of any city, local, or exempted village school district may build, enlarge, repair, and furnish the necessary schoolhouses,...
• Section 3313.371 - Governing Board Of Service Center May Borrow Money To Purchase Computer Equipment.
  The governing board of any educational service center may borrow money for the purpose of purchasing computer equipment, subject to the terms and conditions...
• Section 3313.372 - Installment Payment Contract For Purchase And Installation Of Energy Conservation Measures.
  (A) As used in this section, "energy conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a building, to...
• Section 3313.373 - Shared-savings Contract.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy saving measure" means both of the following: (a) The acquisition and installation, by purchase, lease, lease...
• Section 3313.374 - Installment Payment Contract For Construction And Purchase Of Administrative Offices.
  (A) This section applies only to city, exempted village, and local school districts to which both of the following apply: (1) The board of...
• Section 3313.375 - Lease-purchase Agreement For Building Or Improvements To Building.
  The board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, the governing board of an educational service center, or...
• Section 3313.376 - Service Centers May Jointly Purchase Commodities.
  As used in this section, "client school district" means a city, exempted village, or local school district that has entered into an agreement under...
• Section 3313.38 - Residence For Principal Or Teacher When School District Inaccessible From Mainland.
  The board of education of a school district that is inaccessible from the mainland at some time of the year for any reason may...
• Section 3313.39 - Appropriation Of Land.
  When it is necessary, in the opinion of any board of education, to procure or enlarge: (A) any site for a building to be...
• Section 3313.40 - Exchange Of Real Estate.
  Upon a vote of a majority of the members of a board of education and a concurring vote of the legislative authority of a...
• Section 3313.41 - Disposal Of Real Or Personal Property - Acquisition Of Real Property.
  (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), (F), and (G) of this section and in section 3313.412 of the Revised Code, when a...
• Section 3313.411 - Lease Or Sale Of Unused School Facilities.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "College-preparatory boarding school" means a college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2)...
• Section 3313.412 - Direct Sale Or Lease Of Real Property To Stem School.
  A school district board of education may offer for sale or lease any parcel of real property directly to the governing body of a...
• Section 3313.413 - Priority Consideration Of High-performing Community Schools In Sale Or Lease Of Real Property Or School Facilities.
  (A) As used in this section, "high-performing community school" means a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code that meets the...
• Section 3313.42 - School District Of This State And Another State May Maintain A School Jointly.
  (A) When in the judgment of a board of education of any school district in this state, lying adjacent to a school district of...
• Section 3313.43 - Dedication Of School Lands For Street Purposes - Certificate Of Dedication.
  When the board of education of any school district owns or holds lands for school purposes and said lands are not accessible by reason...
• Section 3313.44 - School Property Exempt From Taxation.
  Real or personal property owned by or leased to any board of education for a lease term of at least fifty years shall be...
• Section 3313.45 - Board May Execute And Deliver Contracts Or Leases To Mineral Lands.
  When, in its opinion, the school district would be benefited thereby, the board of education may make, execute, and deliver contracts or leases to...
• Section 3313.451 - Investigation, Exploration, Production Of Oil And Gas.
  The board of education of any school district may contract with a geologist experienced in making such reports for a report on the feasibility...
• Section 3313.46 - Contract Bidding Process - Exceptions.
  (A) In addition to any other law governing the bidding for contracts by the board of education of any school district, when any such...
• Section 3313.461, 3313.462 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 02-11-1982
• Section 3313.47 - Management And Control Of Schools Vested In Board Of Education.
  Each city, exempted village, or local board of education shall have the management and control of all of the public schools of whatever name...
• Section 3313.471 - Presentation Of Career Information.
  As used in this section, "armed forces" means the Ohio national guard, the Ohio naval militia, the Ohio military reserve, and the active and...
• Section 3313.472 - Policy On Parental And Foster Caregiver Involvement In Schools.
  (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy on parental involvement in...
• Section 3313.473 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015. Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.184, HB 555, §1, eff. 3/22/2013....
• Section 3313.48 - Free Education To Be Provided; Hours In A School Year.
  (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall provide for the free education of the...
• Section 3313.481 - School Schedule.
  Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term "school day" is used, unless otherwise specified, that term shall be construed to mean...
• Section 3313.482 - Plans For Completion Of Make Up Days via Web Access.
  (A) (1) Prior to the first day of August of each school year, the board of education of any school district or the governing...
• Section 3313.483 - Delaying Opening For Financial Reasons.
  (A) A board of education, upon the adoption of a resolution stating that it may be financially unable to open on the day or...
• Section 3313.484 - Loans After 3-1-98 Prohibited - Subsidy For Interest Expense.
  No loan shall be approved under sections 3313.483 to 3313.4810 of the Revised Code after March 1, 1998. By the last day of June...
• Section 3313.485 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 3313.481.
  Effective Date: 05-21-1986
• Section 3313.486 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-21-1986
• Section 3313.487 - Report On District's Financial Condition.
  (A) Upon receipt of a copy of a request for a determination under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code or upon the issuance of...
• Section 3313.488 - Board To Prepare Fiscal Statements For Current And Ensuing Year.
  (A) Within fifteen days after the date the state board of education issues an order under section 3313.487 of the Revised Code making a...
• Section 3313.489 - Determining Whether District May Be Unable To Operate During Entire School Year.
  (A) The superintendent of public instruction shall examine each five-year projection of revenues and expenditures submitted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code and...
• Section 3313.4810 - Receiving Loans.
  Any school district receiving a loan under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code in excess of seven per cent of the general fund expenditures...
• Section 3313.4811 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Effective Date: 06-20-1996
• Section 3313.49 - Suspension Of School - Resolution Of Board - Transfer Of Pupils.
  The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district may suspend, by resolution, temporarily or permanently, any school in such...
• Section 3313.50 - Record Of Tests - Statistical Data - Individual Records.
  Boards of education and boards of health making tests for determining defects in hearing and vision in school children shall keep an accurate record...
• Section 3313.51 - Disbursement And Deposit Of School Funds.
  In every school district the treasurer of the board of education shall be the treasurer of the school funds. No moneys of a school...
• Section 3313.52 - Evening Schools.
  The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may organize evening schools. Any person more than eighteen years old...
• Section 3313.53 - Special Instruction Departments And Schools - Pupil-activity Programs.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Licensed individual" means an individual who holds a valid educator license, certificate, or permit issued by the...
• Section 3313.531 - Adult High School Continuation Program.
  (A) As used in this section, "adult high school continuation programs" means an organized instructional program for persons sixteen years of age and older,...
• Section 3313.5311 - Access To Public School Extracurricular Activities By Nonpublic School Students.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 3313.5312 of the Revised Code, "extracurricular activity" has the same meaning as in section 3313.537...
• Section 3313.5312 - Access To Public School Extracurricular Activities By Homeschooled Students.
  (A) A student who is receiving home instruction in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 3321.04 of the Revised Code shall be afforded, by...
• Section 3313.532 - Excusing Of Handicapped Adults From Taking Achievement Tests.
  (A) Any person twenty-two or more years of age and enrolled in an adult high school continuation program established pursuant to section 3313.531 of...
• Section 3313.533 - Alternative School - Plan.
  (A) The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may adopt a resolution to establish and maintain an alternative...
• Section 3313.534 - Policy Of Zero Tolerance For Violent, Disruptive Or Inappropriate Behavior.
  No later than July 1, 1998, the board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy of...
• Section 3313.535 - Conditions For Participation In Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities.
  (A) As used in this section, "interscholastic extracurricular activity" means a pupil activity program that a school or school district sponsors or participates in...
• Section 3313.536 - School Emergency Management Plans.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Administrator" means the superintendent, principal, chief administrative officer, or other person having supervisory authority of any of...
• Section 3313.537 - Community School Student Participation In Public School 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 3313.538 - Participation In Interscholastic Sports; Residency.
  (A) No student who attends school in this state shall be denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents...
• Section 3313.539 - Concussions And School Athletics.
  (A) As used in this section : (1) "Licensing agency" has the same meaning as in section 4745.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensed...
• Section 3313.54 - Americanization Schools.
  On application of not less than fifteen adult persons born outside the territorial limits of the United States, including Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands,...
• Section 3313.55 - Provision For Education Of Children In Hospital Or Institution.
  The board of education of any school district in which is located a state, district, county, or municipal hospital for children with epilepsy or...
• Section 3313.56 - Part-time Schools Or Classes.
  The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may establish and maintain part-time schools or classes for the further...
• Section 3313.57 - Summer Vacation Period Activities Provided Or Approved By Boards.
  Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may provide or approve, subject to the approval of parents, activities for children...
• Section 3313.58 - Supervision Of Social And Recreational Work - Employment Of Instructors.
  Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may, upon nomination of the superintendent of schools, employ persons to supervise, organize,...
• Section 3313.59 - Cooperation With Public Officials To Provide Other Recreational Activities.
  Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts may co-operate with boards of county commissioners, boards, or other public officials having...
• Section 3313.60 - Prescribed Curriculum.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, divisions (A) to (E) of this section do not apply to any cooperative education...
• Section 3313.601 - Moment Of Silence - Free Exercise Or Expression Of Religious Beliefs.
  The board of education of each school district may provide for a moment of silence each school day for prayer, reflection, or meditation upon...
• Section 3313.602 - Pledge Of Allegiance - Principles Of Democracy And Ethics - Veterans' Day Observance.
  (A) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy specifying whether or not...
• Section 3313.603 - Requirements For High School Graduation - Workforce Or College Preparatory Units.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "One unit" means a minimum of one hundred twenty hours of course instruction, except that for a...
• Section 3313.604 - Courses In American Sign Language.
  For purposes of this section, American sign language is hereby recognized as a foreign language, and any public or chartered nonpublic school may offer...
• Section 3313.605 - Community Service Education Program.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Civic responsibility" means the patriotic and ethical duties of all citizens to take an active role in...
• Section 3313.606 - Education Television Courses And Programs.
  A board of education may provide educational television courses and programs for any class or classes in the school district. Such courses and programs...
• Section 3313.607 - Career Plan And Individual Career Passport For Students.
  (A) The board of education of any school district may provide assistance to any student to develop a written career plan. If a school...
• Section 3313.608 - Fourth Grade Reading Capability.
  (A) (1) Beginning with students who enter third grade in the school year that starts July 1, 2009, and until June 30, 2013, unless...
• Section 3313.609 - Grade Promotion And Retention Policy.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Truant" means absent without excuse. (2) "Academically prepared" means whatever educational standard the board of education of...
• Section 3313.6010 - Contracting With Academic Remediation And Intervention Providers.
  The board of education of a school district may contract with public and private providers of academic remediation and intervention in mathematics, science, reading,...
• Section 3313.6011 - Instruction In Venereal Disease Education Emphasizing Abstinence.
  (A) As used in this section, "sexual activity" has the same meaning as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Instruction in venereal...
• Section 3313.6012 - Policy Governing Conduct Of Academic Prevention/intervention Services.
  (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy governing the conduct of academic prevention/intervention...
• Section 3313.6013 - Advanced Standing Programs For College Credit.
  (A) As used in this section, " advanced standing program" means a program that enables a student to earn credit toward a degree from...
• Section 3313.6014 - Parental Notification Of Core Curriculum Requirements.
  The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall by resolution adopt a procedure for notifying the parent, guardian,...
• Section 3313.6015 - Resolution Describing How District Will Address College And Career Readiness And Financial Literacy.
  The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a resolution describing how the district will address college...
• Section 3313.6016 - Daily Physical Activity For Students; Pilot Program.
  (A) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, the department of education shall administer a pilot program requiring daily physical activity for students. Any school...
• Section 3313.6017 - Alternative Methods Of Delivering Content.
  Nothing in this act [129th General Assembly File No. 91, SB 165] shall be construed to limit the ability of a school district or...
• Section 3313.6018 - Extended Programming.
  (A) As used in this section and section 3313.6019 of the Revised Code, "extended programming" means extended programming as described in section 3301.0725 of...
• Section 3313.6019 - Agricultural Education Programs.
  (A) Not later than December 31, 2013, the department of education shall issue a report with recommendations for quality agricultural education programs. These recommendations...
• Section 3313.6020 - Policy On Career Advising.
  (A) (1) Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, the board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district shall...
• Section 3313.6022 - Released Time Courses In Religious Instruction.
  (A) As used in this section, "released time" means a period of time during which a student is excused from school to attend a...
• Section 3313.61 - Diploma Or Honors Diploma.
  (A) A diploma shall be granted by the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district that operates a high...
• Section 3313.611 - Standards For Awarding High School Credit Equivalent To Credit For Completion Of High School Academic And Vocational Education Courses.
  (A) The state board of education shall adopt, by rule, standards for awarding high school credit equivalent to credit for completion of high school...
• Section 3313.6110 - Diploma Granted By Parent Or Guardian.
  (A) A person who has completed the final year of instruction at home, as authorized under section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, and has...
• Section 3313.612 - Graduation Test Requirements Or Alternative Conditions For Nonpublic Schools.
  (A) No nonpublic school chartered by the state board of education shall grant a high school diploma to any person unless, subject to section...
• Section 3313.613 - Awarding High School Credit For Course Completed Outside Regular School Hours At Accredited Post-secondary Institution.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, and notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the board of education of...
• Section 3313.614 - Testing Requirements For Fulfilling Curriculum Requirement For Diploma.
  (A) As used in this section, a person "fulfills the curriculum requirement for a diploma" at the time one of the following conditions is...
• Section 3313.615 - Alternative Conditions For Eligibility For Diploma Where Person Passes All But One Graduation Test.
  This section shall apply to diplomas awarded after September 15, 2006, to students who are required to take the five Ohio graduation tests prescribed...
• Section 3313.616 - Diploma May Be Granted To Veteran.
  (A) Notwithstanding the requirements of sections 3313.61, 3313.611, and 3313.612 of the Revised Code, the board of education of any city, exempted village, or...
• Section 3313.617 - Criteria To Take Ged.
  (A) A person who meets all of the following criteria shall be permitted to take the tests of general educational development: (1) The person...
• Section 3313.618 - Extra-curricular Requirements For Diploma.
  (A) In addition to the applicable curriculum requirements, each student entering ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2014, shall...
• Section 3313.619 - Diploma For Students Attaining Designated Score On Assessment Approved By Department.
  This section shall apply only to a chartered nonpublic school that is not accredited through the independent school association of the central states. (A)...
• Section 3313.62 - School Year, Week.
  The school year shall begin on the first day of July of each calendar year and close on the thirtieth day of June of...
• Section 3313.63 - School Holidays Specified.
  Boards of education may dismiss the schools under their control on the first day of January, the third Monday in January, the third Monday...
• Section 3313.64 - Free Schooling - Tuition For Nonresidents.
  (A) As used in this section and in section 3313.65 of the Revised Code: (1) (a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of this...
• Section 3313.641 - Summer Schools, Adult Classes, Postgraduate Instruction And Other Classes.
  (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3313.48 and 3313.64 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local...
• Section 3313.6411 - Providing Report Card To Parent.
  (A) As used in this section, "parent" has the same meaning as in section 3313.98 of the Revised Code. (B) When a student enrolls...
• Section 3313.642 - Materials For Course Of Instruction.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3313.48 and 3313.64 of the Revised Code, the...
• Section 3313.643 - Eye Protective Devices.
  Every student and teacher of a school, college, or other educational institution shall wear industrial quality eye protective devices at all times while participating...
• Section 3313.644 - Contracts For Training Of Out-of-school Youth Or Adults.
  The board of education of any school district may contract with the state department of education or other state agency or with any agency...
• Section 3313.645 - Admission Without Tuition.
  A board of education may admit to the schools of its district, free of any tuition obligation, any resident of the district not otherwise...
• Section 3313.646 - Preschool Programs.
  (A) The board of education of a school district, except a cooperative education district established pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code, may...
• Section 3313.647 - Policy Guaranteeing Specific Level Of Competency Of Certain Graduates Of District.
  As used in this division, "graduate" means a person who has received a diploma from a district pursuant to section 3313.61 of the Revised...
• Section 3313.648 - Prohibiting Incentives To Enroll In District.
  No board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district shall offer a monetary payment or other in-kind gift to any...
• Section 3313.649 - Enrolling Child Subject Of Power Of Attorney Or Caretaker Authorization Affidavit.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Power of attorney" means a power of attorney created under section 3109.52 of the Revised Code. (2)...
• Section 3313.6410 - Withdrawal Of Computer-based School Student Failing To Take Tests.
  This section applies to any school that is operated by a school district and in which the enrolled students work primarily on assignments in...
• Section 3313.65 - Children Of Institutionalized Or Incarcerated Parents.
  (A) As used in this section and section 3313.64 of the Revised Code: (1) A person is "in a residential facility" if the person...
• Section 3313.66 - Suspension, Expulsion Or Permanent Exclusion - Removal From Curricular Or Extracurricular Activities.
  (A) Except as provided under division (B)(2) of this section, the superintendent of schools of a city, exempted village, or local school district, or...
• Section 3313.661 - Policy Regarding Suspension, Expulsion, Removal, And Permanent Exclusion.
  (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district shall adopt a policy regarding suspension, expulsion, removal, and permanent...
• Section 3313.662 - Adjudication Order Permanently Excluding Pupil From Public Schools.
  (A) The superintendent of public instruction, pursuant to this section and the adjudication procedures of section 3301.121 of the Revised Code, may issue an...
• Section 3313.663 - Parental Education Or Training Program.
  (A) The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district may adopt a policy requiring the...
• Section 3313.664 - Policy Prohibiting Student From Participating In Extracurricular Activities.
  The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district may adopt a policy authorizing the district...
• Section 3313.665 - Conditions For Adopting Dress Code Or School Uniform Policy.
  In order to promote a safe and healthy school setting and enhance the educational environment, a code of conduct or discipline policy adopted by...
• Section 3313.666 - District Policy Prohibiting Harassment, Intimidation, Or Bullying Required.
  (A) As used in this section : (1) "Electronic act" means an act committed through the use of a cellular telephone, computer, pager, personal...
• Section 3313.667 - District Bullying Prevention Initiatives.
  (A) Any school district may form bullying prevention task forces, programs, and other initiatives involving volunteers, parents, law enforcement, and community members. (B) To...
• Section 3313.67 - Immunization Of Pupils - Immunization Record - Annual Summary.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the board of education of each city, exempted village, or local school district...
• Section 3313.671 - Proof Of Required Immunizations - Exceptions.
  (A) (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no pupil, at the time of initial entry or at the beginning...
• Section 3313.672 - Presenting School Records, Custody Order If Applicable And Certification Of Birth By New Pupil.
  (A) (1) At the time of initial entry to a public or nonpublic school, a pupil shall present to the person in charge of...
• Section 3313.673 - Screening Of Beginning Pupils For Special Learning Needs.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, prior to the first day of November of the school year in which a...
• Section 3313.674 - Body Mass Index And Weight Screening.
  (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the board of education of each city, exempted village, or local school district and...
• Section 3313.68 - Employment Of Physicians, Dentists And Nurses - Delegation Of Duties And Powers To Board Of Health.
  (A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, or local school district may appoint one or more school physicians and one or...
• Section 3313.69 - Hearing And Visual Tests Of School Children - Exemptions.
  The board of education or board of health providing a system of medical and dental inspection of school children, as authorized by section 3313.68...
• Section 3313.70 - Member Of Board Cannot Be School Physician, Dentist, Or Nurse.
  No member of the board of education in any district shall be eligible to the appointment of school physician, school dentist, or school nurse...
• Section 3313.71 - Examinations And Diagnoses By School Physician.
  School physicians may make examinations, which shall include tests to determine the existence of hearing defects, and diagnoses of all children referred to them....
• Section 3313.711 - Applicable To Which Schools.
  Section 3313.71 of the Revised Code applies to all elementary and high schools for which the state board of education sets minimum standards pursuant...
• Section 3313.7110 - Procurement Of Epinephrine Autoinjectors For Public Schools.
  (A) The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district may procure epinephrine autoinjectors for each school operated...
• Section 3313.7111 - Procurement Of Epinephrine Autoinjectors For Nonpublic Schools.
  (A) With the approval of its governing authority, a chartered or nonchartered nonpublic school may procure epinephrine autoinjectors in the manner prescribed by section...
• Section 3313.7112 - .
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Board" means a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district....
• Section 3313.7113 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Procurement Of Inhalers By Board.
  (A) As used in this section, "inhaler" means a device that delivers medication to alleviate asthmatic symptoms, is manufactured in the form of a...
• Section 3313.7114 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Procurement Of Inhalers By Nonpublic School.
  (A) As used in this section, "inhaler" has the same meaning as in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. (B) With the approval of...
• Section 3313.712 - Emergency Medical Authorization.
  As used in this section, "parent" means parent as defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code. (A) Annually the board of education of...
• Section 3313.713 - [Effective Until 2/1/2016] Policy For Employees To Administer Drugs Prescribed By Physicians To Students.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Drug" means a drug, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, that is to be...
• Section 3313.713 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Policy For Employees To Administer Drugs Prescribed By Physicians To Students.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Drug" means a drug, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, that is to be...
• Section 3313.714 - Healthcheck Program For Recipients Of Medical Assistance.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Board of education" means the board of education of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational...
• Section 3313.715 - District Board May Request Identification Numbers Of Students Who Are Medicaid Recipients.
  The board of education of a school district may request from the director of developmental disabilities the appropriate identification numbers for all students residing...
• Section 3313.716 - Possession And Use Metered Dose Inhaler Or Dry Powder Inhaler To Alleviate Asthmatic Symptoms.
  (A) Notwithstanding section 3313.713 of the Revised Code or any policy adopted under that section, a student of a school operated by a city,...
• Section 3313.717 - Placement Of Automatic External Defibrillator In Schools - Staff Training - Qualified Immunity.
  (A) As used in this section, "automated external defibrillator" means a specialized defibrillator that is approved for use as a medical device by the...
• Section 3313.718 - Possession And Use Of Epinephrine Autoinjector To Treat Anaphylaxis.
  (A) As used in this section, "prescriber" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 3313.713 of...
• Section 3313.719 - Food Allergy Protection Policy.
  The board of education of each city, local, exempted village, and joint vocational school district and the governing authority of each chartered nonpublic school...
• Section 3313.72 - Contract With Health District For Services Of Physician, Dentist, Or Nurse.
  The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district may enter into a contract with a health district for the...
• Section 3313.721 - Health Care For Students.
  (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district may enter into a contract with...
• Section 3313.73 - Board Of Health To Make Examination - Report - Recommendations To Parents.
  If the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district has not employed a school physician, the board of health...
• Section 3313.74 - Certain Institutions And Establishments Not Permitted Near Schools.
  No person shall establish any institution to house or care for persons suffering from a communicable disease, as defined by the director of health,...
• Section 3313.75 - Use Of School Premises Generally.
  (A) For purposes of this section, "school premises" has the same meaning as in section 3313.77 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of...
• Section 3313.751 - Prohibition Against Tobacco Possession Or Use.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "School district" means a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district. (2) "Smoke" means to...
• Section 3313.752 - Posting Of Warning Concerning Anabolic Steroids To Be Posted In Locker Rooms.
  As used in this section, "anabolic steroid" has the same meaning as in section 3719.41 of the Revised Code. The board of education of...
• Section 3313.753 - Prohibition Against Students Carrying Electronic Communications Devices.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic communications device" means any device that is powered by batteries or electricity and that is capable...
• Section 3313.76 - School Premises Available For Educational And Recreational Purposes.
  Upon application of any responsible organization, or of a group of at least seven citizens, school premises, as that term is defined in section...
• Section 3313.77 - Use Of School Premises For Public Meetings And Entertainments.
  (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "General public" means members of the community, including both of the following: (a) Students during nonschool hours;...
• Section 3313.78 - Political Meetings On School Premises - Liability For Damage.
  Upon application of a committee representing any candidate for public office or any regularly organized or recognized political party, the board of education having...
• Section 3313.79 - Responsibility For Damage - Payment Of Actual Expenses.
  Any organization or group of citizens permitted to use the properties specified in section 3313.76 of the Revised Code shall be responsible for any...
• Section 3313.791 - Liability For Damages Arising From Use Of School Premises.
  (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "School" means a school in a city, local, or exempted village school district. (2) "School district" means...
• Section 3313.80 - Display Of The National Flag.
  All boards of education, all proprietors or principals of private schools, and all authorities in control of parochial schools or other educational institutions shall...
• Section 3313.801 - Display Of National And Ohio Mottoes.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a copy of the official motto of the United States of America "In...
• Section 3313.81 - Management And Control Of Food Service Operation - Provision Of Meals To The Elderly.
  The board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district may establish food service, provide facilities and equipment, and pay operating...
• Section 3313.811 - Sale Of Uniform School Supplies.
  No board, the principal or teacher of any schoolroom, or class organization of any school district shall sell or offer for sale, or supervise...
• Section 3313.812 - Food Service To Multiple Districts Or Schools Within Districts.
  A board of education may provide food service to one or more school districts on a contract basis. Two or more boards of education...
• Section 3313.813 - Food Programs - Outdoor Education Centers.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Outdoor education center" means a public or nonprofit private entity that provides to pupils enrolled in any...
• Section 3313.814 - Standards Governing Types Of Foods And Beverages Sold On School Premises.
  (A) As used in this section and sections 3313.816 and 3313.817 of the Revised Code: (1) "A la carte item" means an individually priced...
• Section 3313.815 - Employee Trained In Heimlich Maneuver To Be Present While Students Served Food.
  (A) Any school district or nonpublic school that operates a food service program pursuant to section 3313.81 or 3313.813 of the Revised Code shall...
• Section 3313.816 - Sale Of A La Carte Beverage Items.
  No public or chartered nonpublic school shall permit the sale of a la carte beverage items other than the following during the regular and...
• Section 3313.817 - A La Carte Foods; Determination Of Nutritional Value; Software.
  (A) When the department of education is able to obtain free of charge computer software for assessing the nutritional value of foods that does...
• Section 3313.82 - Business Advisory Councils.
  The board of education of each school district and the governing board of each educational service center shall appoint a business advisory council, except...
• Section 3313.821 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.8, HB 30, §2, eff. 7/1/2011. Added by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
• Section 3313.822 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.8, HB 30, §2, eff. 7/1/2011. Added by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
• Section 3313.83 - Regional Student Education Districts.
  (A) (1) For the purpose of pooling resources, operating more cost effectively, minimizing administrative overhead, encouraging the sharing of resource development, and diminishing duplication,...
• Section 3313.84 - Exchange Of Teaching Services Authorized - Regulations.
  In order that school districts may secure the benefits of knowledge of educational methods and practices in other school districts either inside or outside...
• Section 3313.841 - Sharing On Cooperative Basis Services Of Supervisory, Special Instruction, And Special Education Teachers.
  The boards of education and governing boards of two or more city, local, joint vocational, or exempted village school districts or educational service centers...
• Section 3313.842 - Joint Educational Programs.
  (A) The boards of education or governing authorities of any two or more school districts or community schools may enter into an agreement for...
• Section 3313.843 - Agreement For Educational Service Center To Provide Services To City Or Exempted Village District.
  (A) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any cooperative education school district. (B) (1)...
• Section 3313.844 - Agreement For Providing Educational Service Center Services To Community School.
  The governing authority of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and the governing board of an educational service center...
• Section 3313.845 - Additional Agreement For Educational Service Center To Provide Services To School District.
  The board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district and the governing board of an educational service center...
• Section 3313.846 - Provision Of Services To Political Subdivisions By Educational Service Center.
  The governing board of an educational service center may enter into a contract with any political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 of the...
• Section 3313.847 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 3317.30 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2013. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.128, SB 316,...
• Section 3313.848 - Disposition Of Unexpended Funds Under Service Agreement.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Client" means a city, local, or exempted village school district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of...
• Section 3313.849 - Agreements To Share Services.
  The governing bodies of two or more city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the...
• Section 3313.85 - Failure Of Board Of Education Or Governing Board To Fill Vacancy.
  If the board of education of any city, exempted village, or local school district or the governing board of any educational service center fails...
• Section 3313.86 - Health And Safety Review.
  The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district and the governing authority of each chartered nonpublic school...
• Section 3313.87 - Board Of Education May Join School Boards' Association.
  By a majority vote of its members a board of education may join a school boards' association. Such board shall have the authority to...
• Section 3313.871 - Payment Of Annual Membership Dues And Service Fees To Accrediting Associations.
  (A) By a majority vote of its members, a board of education may appropriate from the general fund an amount sufficient to pay annual...
• Section 3313.88 - [Renumbered].
  Renumbered as § 3313.482 by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, §110.10, eff. 7/1/2014. Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. 25,...
• Section 3313.89 - Publication Of Information Regarding Online Education And Career Planning Tool.
  Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, each public high school shall publish or provide, not later than the first day of April of each...
• Section 3313.90 - Career-technical Education Programs.
  As used in this section, "formula ADM" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (D) of section...
• Section 3313.901 - Plan For Accelerating Modernization Of Vocational Curriculum.
  The state board of education shall prepare a plan of action for accelerating the modernization of the vocational curriculum into courses of study that...
• Section 3313.902 - Adult Career Opportunity Pilot Program.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Approved industry credential or certificate" means a credential or certificate that is approved by the chancellor of...
• Section 3313.91 - Contract To Purchase Vocational Education Or Vocational Rehabilitation Service.
  Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, the provisions of this section and section 3313.911...
• Section 3313.911 - Assigning District To A Joint Vocational District.
  The state board of education may adopt a resolution assigning a city, exempted village, or local school district that is not a part of...
• Section 3313.92 - Joint School Building Projects.
  (A) The boards of education of any two or more school districts may, subject to the approval of the superintendent of public instruction, enter...
• Section 3313.93 - Occupational Work Adjustment Laboratory - Student Wages.
  A board of education operating an occupational work adjustment laboratory in which students work to produce items on a contract basis for public agencies,...
• Section 3313.94 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-26-2003
• Section 3313.941 - Racial Data Collection For Students To Include Multiracial Category.
  (A) As used in this section, "state agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws or constitution of this state...
• Section 3313.95 - Contract For Police Officer To Assist In Working With Students Concerning Use Of Alcohol And Drugs Of Abuse.
  The board of education of any school district and the board of trustees of a township, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or...
• Section 3313.96 - Informational Programs Relative To Missing Children - Fingerprinting Program.
  (A) As used in this section, "minor," "missing child," and "missing children" have the same meanings as in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code....
• Section 3313.97 - Alternative School Open Enrollment Policy Procedures.
  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 3313.974 - Pilot Project Scholarship Program Definitions.
  As used in this section and in sections 3313.975 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code: (A) "Individualized education program" and " child with a...
• Section 3313.975 - Pilot Project Scholarship Program.
  As used in this section and in sections 3313.976 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, "the pilot project school district" or "the district" means...
• Section 3313.976 - Registering School.
  (A) No private school may receive scholarship payments from parents pursuant to section 3313.979 of the Revised Code until the chief administrator of the...
• Section 3313.977 - Priorities For Admission Of Students.
  (A) (1) Each registered private school shall admit students to kindergarten and first, second, and third grades in accordance with the following priorities: (a)...
• Section 3313.978 - Implementation Of Program.
  (A) Annually by the first day of November, the superintendent of public instruction shall notify the pilot project school district of the number of...
• Section 3313.979 - Payment Of Scholarships Or Grants.
  Each scholarship to be used for payments to a registered private school is payable to the parents of the student entitled to the scholarship....
• Section 3313.98 - Procedures For Enrolling Students From Adjacent Districts Or Other Districts.
  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 3313.981...
• Section 3313.981 - Reporting Numbers Of Adjacent District And Other District Joint Vocational Students.
  (A) The state board of education shall adopt rules requiring all of the following: (1) The board of education of each city, exempted village,...
• Section 3313.982 - Restricting Admission Schools On Basis Of Academic, Athletic, Artistic, Or Other Skills.
  Notwithstanding division (C)(1) of section 3313.97 and division (C)(1) of section 3313.98 of the Revised Code: (A) Any school district board operating any schools...
• Section 3313.983 - Joint Vocational School District To Adopt Policy For Enrollment Of Students From Adjacent Or Other District.
  (A) The board of education of each joint vocational school district shall adopt a policy pertaining to enrollment of students who, upon enrollment, will...
• Section 3313.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 3313.80 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for a first offense...

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