Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3326 - Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics Schools

• Section 3326.01 - Stem Defined.
  As used in this chapter, "STEM" is an abbreviation of "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics." Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
• Section 3326.02 - Stem Subcommittee Of Partnership For Continued Learning.
  There is hereby established the STEM committee of the department of education consisting of the following members: (A) The superintendent of public instruction; (B)...
• Section 3326.03 - Stem School Grants - Contents Of Proposals.
  (A) The STEM committee shall authorize the establishment of and award grants to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools based on proposals submitted to...
• Section 3326.031 - Single Governing Body May Direct Group Of Multiple Stem Schools.
  (A) As authorized by the STEM committee, a single governing body may direct a group of multiple STEM schools to operate from multiple facilities...
• Section 3326.032 - Designation Of Stem School Equivalent For Community School.
  (A) The STEM committee may grant a designation of STEM school equivalent to a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code...
• Section 3326.04 - Award Of Grants - Submission Of Proposals - Program Standards.
  (A) The STEM committee shall award grants to support the operation of STEM programs of excellence to serve students in any of grades kindergarten...
• Section 3326.05 - Recommendations For Training Of Educators.
  The STEM committee may make recommendations to the general assembly and the governor for the training of STEM educators. Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile...
• Section 3326.06 - Nonprofit Enterprise To Support Coordination Of Efforts.
  The STEM committee shall work with an Ohio-based nonprofit enterprise selected by the committee to support the strategic and operational coordination of public and...
• Section 3326.07 - Schools Part Of State Program - Dissolution.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter is a public school, is part of the state's program of education, may...
• Section 3326.08 - Schools To Employ And Fix Compensation - Oversight.
  (A) The governing body of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall engage the services of administrative officers, teachers, and nonteaching employees of...
• Section 3326.081 - Suspension Of Employee Pending Criminal Action.
  (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...
• Section 3326.09 - Team Responsible For Curriculum Development.
  Subject to approval by its governing body or governing authority, the curriculum of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and of each community...
• Section 3326.10 - School Admission Procedures - Diversity - Recruitment.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall adopt admission procedures that specify the following: (A) (1) Admission shall be open to individuals entitled...
• Section 3326.101 - Calculations For Nonresidents.
  For each student who is not a resident of this state and is enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school under division...
• Section 3326.11 - Statutory Compliance Requirements.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter and its governing body shall comply with sections 9.90, 9.91, 109.65, 121.22, 149.43,...
• Section 3326.111 - Performance Based Pay.
  If a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school is the recipient of moneys from a grant awarded under the federal race to the top...
• Section 3326.112 - Compliance With Standards For Financial Reporting.
  The governing body of each STEM school shall comply with the standards for financial reporting adopted under division (B)(2) of section 3301.07 of the...
• Section 3326.12 - Schools To Comply With Rc Chapter 3323.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall comply with Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code as if it were...
• Section 3326.13 - Qualifications And Licensure Of Teachers.
  (A) Teachers employed by a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall be highly qualified teachers, as defined in section 3319.074 of the Revised...
• Section 3326.14 - Required Test Administration.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall administer the assessments required by sections 3301.0710 , 3301.0711, and 3301.0712 of...
• Section 3326.15 - High School Credit.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall comply with section 3313.603 of the Revised Code as if it were...
• Section 3326.16 - Schools To Comply With Health And Safety Provisions.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and it governing body shall comply with all health and safety provisions of law applicable to school...
• Section 3326.17 - Annual Report Card For Each School.
  (A) The department of education shall issue an annual report card for each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school that includes all information applicable...
• Section 3326.18 - Employees May Organize And Bargain Collectively.
  (A) Except as provided under division (B) of this section, employees of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may organize and collectively bargain...
• Section 3326.19 - Rc Chapter 124 Inapplicable To Nonteaching Employees.
  The provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code shall not apply to the employment of nonteaching employees by a science, technology, engineering, and...
• Section 3326.20 - Transportation For Native Students.
  (A) As used in this section, "native student" means a student entitled to attend school in the school district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65...
• Section 3326.21 - School Treasurer - Financial Records.
  (A) Except as provided by section 3326.031 of the Revised Code, each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall have a treasurer who is...
• Section 3326.211 - Unauditable Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics School.
  (A) If the auditor of state or a public accountant, pursuant to section 117.41 of the Revised Code, declares a science, technology, engineering, and...
• Section 3326.22 - Enforcement Of Truancy Laws.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school and its governing body shall enforce sections 3321.13, 3321.19, and 3321.191 of the Revised Code as if...
• Section 3326.23 - Annual Assurances Of Schools To Department.
  The governing body of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school annually shall provide the following assurances in writing to the department of education...
• Section 3326.24 - Report Of Employee Conviction Or Alternative Disposition.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession" shall be as described in rules adopted by the state board...
• Section 3326.241 - Employee Investigation Report Kept In Personnel File.
  The governing body of each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall require that the reports of any investigation by the governing body of...
• Section 3326.242 - Application Of Collective Bargaining Agreement.
  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the provisions of sections 3326.24 and 3326.241 of the Revised Code...
• Section 3326.243 - False Report Of Employee Misconduct Prohibited.
  (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...
• Section 3326.25 - Criminal Records Check Of Private Contract Employee.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the chief administrative officer of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, or the...
• Section 3326.26 - Body Mass Index And Weight Status Category Screening.
  The governing body of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may screen students in ninth grade for body mass index and weight status...
• Section 3326.27 - Liability For Damages Due To Concussions.
  (A) A STEM school, member of a STEM school governing body, or STEM school employee or volunteer, including a coach or referee, is not...
• Section 3326.28 - Procurement Of Epinephrine Autoinjectors For Stem Schools.
  (A) With the approval of its governing body, a STEM school established under this chapter may procure epinephrine autoinjectors in the manner prescribed by...
• Section 3326.29 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015. Added by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 487, §1,...
• Section 3326.30 - [Effective 2/1/2016] Procurement Of Inhalers By Stem 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 3326.31 - Stem School Funding Definitions.
  As used in sections 3326.31 to 3326.50 of the Revised Code: (A) (1) "Category one career-technical education student" means a student who is receiving...
• Section 3326.32 - Report Of Information Required By Department.
  Each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall report to the department of education, in the form and manner required by the department, all...
• Section 3326.33 - Per Student Deductions From State Education Aid.
  For each student enrolled in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter, on a full-time equivalency basis, the department of...
• Section 3326.34 - Costs In Excess Of Threshold Catastrophic Costs.
  If a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under this chapter incurs costs for a fiscal year for a student receiving special education...
• Section 3326.35 - Adjustment Of Rc 3326.33 Payments For Part-year Enrollments.
  The department of education shall adjust the amounts paid under section 3326.33 of the Revised Code to reflect any enrollment of students in science,...
• Section 3326.36 - Reduction Of Rc 3326.33 Payments For Payments To Colleges.
  The department of education shall reduce the amounts paid to a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school under section 3326.33 of the Revised Code...
• Section 3326.37 - Exclusions From Department Payments To Schools.
  The department of education shall not pay to a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school any amount for any of the following: (A) Any...
• Section 3326.38 - Permitted Applications By Schools.
  A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may do both of the following: (A) Apply to any state or federal agency for grants that...
• Section 3326.39 - Expenditures Of Career-technical Education Funding.
  (A) In any fiscal year, a STEM school receiving funds under division (G) of section 3326.33 of the Revised Code shall spend those funds...
• Section 3326.40 - Expenditure Of Funds For Economically Disadvantaged Students.
  A STEM school shall spend the funds it receives under division (E) of section 3326.33 of the Revised Code in accordance with section 3317.25...
• Section 3326.41 - Graduation Bonus For Stem Schools.
  (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Formula amount" has the same meaning as in section 3317.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Four-year adjusted...
• Section 3326.45 - Stem School May Contract For Provision Of Services.
  (A) The governing body of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may contract with the governing board of an educational service center or...
• Section 3326.49 - Schools May Not Levy Taxes Or Issue Tax-secured Bonds.
  A science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may not levy taxes or issue bonds secured by tax revenues. Effective Date: 2007 HB119 06-30-2007
• Section 3326.50 - Schools Shall Not Charge Tuition.
  Except as provided in division (A)(2) of section 3326.10 of the Revised Code, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school shall not charge tuition...
• Section 3326.51 - Government Of Stem School By District.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Resident district" has the same meaning as in section 3326.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "STEM school...
• Section 3326.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates division (F) of section 3326.24 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division...

Last modified: October 10, 2016