Ohio 136th General Assembly Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 455 — Regards the operation of public schools and the DEW

Last action — Effective 10/9/26

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 17, 2025. Enacted.

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The bill amends various laws related to public school operation and the Department of Education and Workforce.

This legislation updates numerous sections of the law governing public schools and the Department of Education and Workforce. It also repeals outdated provisions to streamline educational regulations.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means education workers may find clearer guidelines and processes in their roles.
  • Families: Families with students in public schools could benefit from streamlined regulations impacting their children's education.

Summary

To amend sections 109.57, 109.803, 124.011, 135.142, 149.41, 2915.092, 2921.44, 3301.07, 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0716, 3301.0730, 3301.111, 3301.12, 3301.16, 3301.45, 3301.52, 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.034, 3302.035, 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.07, 3302.10, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 3302.17, 3302.21, 3302.41, 3307.01, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3310.03, 3310.14, 3310.522, 3311.741, 3311.80, 3313.11, 3313.411, 3313.413, 3313.473, 3313.603, 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.618, 3313.6110, 3313.6111, 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3313.64, 3313.661, 3313.663, 3313.664, 3313.6611, 3313.7112, 3313.7118, 3313.753, 3313.813, 3313.814, 3313.976, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.031, 3314.032, 3314.034, 3314.08, 3314.18, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 3314.50, 3317.02, 3317.03, 3317.25, 3319.31, 3319.311, 3319.319, 3319.393, 3319.40, 3320.02, 3320.03, 3325.08, 3326.11, 3327.014, 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.301, 3345.061, 3365.01, 3365.032, 3365.07, 3728.01, 3737.07, 3781.106, 3792.04, 4117.01, 4723.483, 4723.4811, 4729.01, 4729.513, 4729.541, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4731.92, 4731.96, 5104.53, 5502.262, 5753.11, and 6109.121 and to repeal sections 3301.28, 3301.68, 3302.032, 3302.036, 3302.042, 3302.06, 3302.061, 3302.062, 3302.063, 3302.064, 3302.065, 3302.066, 3302.067, 3302.068, 3313.615, 3313.6410, 3313.6412, 3314.025, 3314.26, 3314.262, 3314.354, 3318.60, 3318.61, 3318.62, 3328.01, 3328.02, 3328.03, 3328.04, 3328.11, 3328.12, 3328.13, 3328.14, 3328.15, 3328.16, 3328.17, 3328.18, 3328.19, 3328.191, 3328.192, 3328.193, 3328.20, 3328.21, 3328.22, 3328.23, 3328.24, 3328.241, 3328.25, 3328.26, 3328.27, 3328.29, 3328.30, 3328.31, 3328.32, 3328.34, 3328.35, 3328.36, 3328.37, 3328.38, 3328.41, 3328.45, 3328.50, 3328.52, and 3328.99 of the Revised Code regarding the operation of public schools and the Department of Education and Workforce and to eliminate obsolete provisions of education law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

13186 added · 18735 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 455 includes a number of updates and reorganizations of existing sections, as well as the introduction of new sections. It repeals several outdated sections, streamlining the legislation and potentially making it easier to navigate. These changes are significant because they aim to improve the clarity and efficiency of the bill, ensuring that it better serves its intended purpose. Overall, these revisions can help lawmakers and stakeholders more effectively implement and understand the legal framework.

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As Passed by the House 136th General Assembly Regular Session Sub.
(136th GeneralAssembly) (Substitute House Bill Number 455) ANACT To amend sections 109.57, 109.803, 124.011, 133.06, 135.142, 135.143, 149.41, 2151.354, 2152.19, 2915.092, 2919.24, 2921.44, 3301.01, 3301.02, 3301.03, 3301.07, 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0716, 3301.0730, 3301.111, 3301.12, 3301.133, 3301.45, 3301.52, 3301.85, 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.034, 3302.035, 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.07, 3302.10, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 3302.17, 3302.21, 3302.41, 3307.01, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3310.03, 3310.14, 3310.522, 3311.242, 3311.741, 3311.80, 3313.11, 3313.411, 3313.413, 3313.483, 3313.603, 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.618, 3313.6110, 3313.6111, 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3313.64, 3313.661, 3313.663, 3313.664, 3313.6611, 3313.7112, 3313.7118, 3313.753, 3313.814, 3313.902, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.031, 3314.034, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 3314.362, 3315.42, 3316.03, 3316.04, 3316.06, 3316.14, 3317.02, 3317.023, 3317.03, 3317.18, 3317.25, 3319.2310, 3319.31, 3319.311, 3319.319, 3319.39, 3319.393, 3320.02, 3320.03, 3325.08, 3326.11, 3327.014, 3331.02, 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.301, 3345.061, 3365.01, 3365.032, 3365.07, 3728.01, 3737.07, 3781.106, 3792.04, 4109.07, 4117.01, 4723.483, 4723.4811, 4729.01, 4729.513, 4729.541, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4731.92, 4731.96, 5104.53, 5502.262, 5705.212, 5705.213, 5753.11, and 6109.121;
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to enact new section 3314.25 and sections 3314.252 and 3319.265;
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and to repeal sections 3301.28, 3301.68, 3302.032, 3302.036, 3302.042, 3302.06, 3302.061, 3302.062, 3302.063, 3302.064, 3302.065, 3302.066, 3302.067, 3302.068, 3313.484, 3313.487, 3313.488, 3313.489, 3313.4810, 3313.615, 3313.85, 3314.25, 3314.354, 3316.041, 3318.60, 3318.61, 3318.62, 3328.01, 3328.02, 3328.03, 3328.04, 3328.11, 3328.12, 3328.13, 3328.14, 3328.15, 3328.16, 3328.17, 3328.18, 3328.19, 3328.191, 3328.192, 3328.193, 3328.20, 3328.21, 3328.22, 3328.23, 3328.24, 3328.241, 3328.25, 3328.26, 3328.27, 3328.29, 3328.30, 3328.31, 3328.32, 3328.34, 3328.35, 3328.36, 3328.37, 3328.38, 3328.41, 3328.45, 3328.50, 3328.52, and 3328.99 of the Revised Code regarding the operation of schools and the Department of Education and Workforce, regarding appointments to the State Board of Education, regarding age and schooling certificate requirements and work hours for a person under sixteen years of age, and to eliminate obsolete provisions of education law.
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455 2025-2026 Representatives Manning, Bird Cosponsors:
Representatives Fowler Arthur, Odioso, Brennan, Click, John, Newman, Deeter, Dovilla, Fischer, Hall, D., Hiner, Holmes, Hoops, Lampton, Mathews, A., Mathews, T., McClain, Miller, M., Peterson, Plummer, Richardson, Ritter, Santucci, Sigrist, Thomas, D., Troy, White, A., Williams, Young To amend sections 109.57, 109.803, 124.011, 133.06, 1 135.142, 135.143, 149.41, 2915.092, 2921.44, 2 3301.07, 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0716, 4 3301.0730, 3301.111, 3301.12, 3301.45, 3301.52, 5 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.034, 6 3302.035, 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.07, 3302.10, 7 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 3302.17, 3302.21, 8 3302.41, 3307.01, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3310.03, 9 3310.14, 3310.522, 3311.741, 3311.80, 3313.11, 10 3313.411, 3313.413, 3313.483, 3313.603, 11 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.61, 3313.611, 12 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.618, 3313.6110, 13 3313.6111, 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 14 3313.64, 3313.661, 3313.663, 3313.664, 15 3313.6611, 3313.7112, 3313.7118, 3313.753, 16 3313.814, 3313.902, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 17 3314.031, 3314.034, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 18 3315.063, 3315.42, 3316.03, 3316.04, 3316.06, 19 3316.14, 3317.02, 3317.023, 3317.03, 3317.18, 20 3317.25, 3319.31, 3319.311, 3319.319, 3319.393, 21 3320.02, 3320.03, 3325.08, 3326.11, 3327.014, 22 Sub.
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455 Page 2 As Passed by the House 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.301, 3345.061, 3365.01, 23 3365.032, 3365.07, 3728.01, 3737.07, 3781.106, 24 3792.04, 4117.01, 4723.483, 4723.4811, 4729.01, 25 4729.513, 4729.541, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4731.92, 26 4731.96, 5104.53, 5502.262, 5705.212, 5705.213, 27 5753.11, and 6109.121 and to repeal sections 28 3301.28, 3301.68, 3302.032, 3302.036, 3302.042, 29 3302.06, 3302.061, 3302.062, 3302.063, 3302.064, 30 3302.065, 3302.066, 3302.067, 3302.068, 31 3313.484, 3313.487, 3313.488, 3313.489, 32 3313.4810, 3313.615, 3314.354, 3316.041, 33 3318.60, 3318.61, 3318.62, 3328.01, 3328.02, 34 3328.03, 3328.04, 3328.11, 3328.12, 3328.13, 35 3328.14, 3328.15, 3328.16, 3328.17, 3328.18, 36 3328.19, 3328.191, 3328.192, 3328.193, 3328.20, 37 3328.21, 3328.22, 3328.23, 3328.24, 3328.241, 38 3328.25, 3328.26, 3328.27, 3328.29, 3328.30, 39 3328.31, 3328.32, 3328.34, 3328.35, 3328.36, 40 3328.37, 3328.38, 3328.41, 3328.45, 3328.50, 41 3328.52, and 3328.99 of the Revised Code and to 42 amend Section 265.550 of H.B.
33 of the 135th 43 General Assembly as subsequently amended 44 regarding the operation of public schools and 45 the Department of Education and Workforce and to 46 eliminate obsolete provisions of education law 47 and to amend the version of section 3313.902 of 48 the Revised Code that is scheduled to take 49 effect on July 1, 2026, to continue the change 50 on and after that date.
51 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
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That sections 109.57, 109.803, 124.011, 133.06, 52 135.142, 135.143, 149.41, 2915.092, 2921.44, 3301.07, 3301.079, 53 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 54 3301.0716, 3301.0730, 3301.111, 3301.12, 3301.45, 3301.52, 55 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.034, 3302.035, 56 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.07, 3302.10, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 57 3302.17, 3302.21, 3302.41, 3307.01, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3310.03, 58 3310.14, 3310.522, 3311.741, 3311.80, 3313.11, 3313.411, 59 3313.413, 3313.483, 3313.603, 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.61, 60 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.618, 3313.6110, 3313.6111, 61 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3313.64, 3313.661, 3313.663, 62 3313.664, 3313.6611, 3313.7112, 3313.7118, 3313.753, 3313.814, 63 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.031, 3314.034, 3314.35, 64 3314.351, 3314.353, 3315.063, 3315.42, 3316.03, 3316.04, 65 3316.06, 3316.14, 3317.02, 3317.023, 3317.03, 3317.18, 3317.25, 66 3319.31, 3319.311, 3319.319, 3319.393, 3320.02, 3320.03, 67 3325.08, 3326.11, 3327.014, 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.301, 68 3345.061, 3365.01, 3365.032, 3365.07, 3728.01, 3737.07, 69 3781.106, 3792.04, 4117.01, 4723.483, 4723.4811, 4729.01, 70 4729.513, 4729.541, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4731.92, 4731.96, 71 5104.53, 5502.262, 5705.212, 5705.213, 5753.11, and 6109.121 of 72 the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
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S ECTION 1.
That sections 109.57, 109.803, 124.011, 133.06, 135.142, 135.143, 149.41, 2151.354, 2152.19, 2915.092, 2919.24, 2921.44, 3301.01, 3301.02, 3301.03, 3301.07, 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0716, 3301.0730, 3301.111, 3301.12, 3301.133, 3301.45, 3301.52, 3301.85, 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.034, 3302.035, 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.07, 3302.10, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 3302.17, 3302.21, 3302.41, 3307.01, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3310.03, 3310.14, 3310.522, 3311.242, 3311.741, 3311.80, 3313.11, 3313.411, 3313.413, 3313.483, 3313.603, 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.618, 3313.6110, 3313.6111, 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3313.64, 3313.661, 3313.663, 3313.664, 3313.6611, 3313.7112, 3313.7118, 3313.753, 3313.814, 3313.902, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.031, 3314.034, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 3314.362, 3315.42, 3316.03, 3316.04, 3316.06, 3316.14, 3317.02, 3317.023, 3317.03, 3317.18, 3317.25, 3319.2310, 3319.31, 3319.311, 3319.319, 3319.39, 3319.393, 3320.02, 3320.03, 3325.08, 3326.11, 3327.014, 3331.02, 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.301, 3345.061, 3365.01, 3365.032, 3365.07, 3728.01, 3737.07, 3781.106, 3792.04, 4109.07, 4117.01, 4723.483, 4723.4811, 4729.01, 4729.513, 4729.541, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4731.92, 4731.96, 5104.53, 5502.262, 5705.212, 5705.213, 5753.11, and 6109.121 be amended and new section 3314.25 and sections 3314.252 and 3319.265 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
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(A)(1) The superintendent of the bureau of 74 criminal identification and investigation shall procure from 75 wherever procurable and file for record photographs, pictures, 76 descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other information 77 that may be pertinent of all persons who have been convicted of 78 committing within this state a felony, any crime constituting a 79 misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent 80 offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), 81 (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, 82 Sub.
(A)(1) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall procure from wherever procurable and file for record photographs, pictures, descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other information that may be pertinent of all persons who have been convicted of committing within this state a felony, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, of all children under eighteen years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent children for committing within this state an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult or who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing within this state a felony or an offense of violence, and of all well-known and habitual criminals.
The person in charge of any county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community- based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution and the person in charge of any state institution having custody of a person suspected of having committed a felony, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, or any misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code or having custody of a child under eighteen years of age with respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the child may have committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult shall furnish such material to the superintendent of the bureau.
Fingerprints, photographs, or other descriptive information of a Sub.
455 Page 4 As Passed by the House of all children under eighteen years of age who have been 83 adjudicated delinquent children for committing within this state 84 an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if 85 committed by an adult or who have been convicted of or pleaded 86 guilty to committing within this state a felony or an offense of 87 violence, and of all well-known and habitual criminals.
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The 88 person in charge of any county, multicounty, municipal, 89 municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, 90 community-based correctional facility, halfway house, 91 alternative residential facility, or state correctional 92 institution and the person in charge of any state institution 93 having custody of a person suspected of having committed a 94 felony, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first 95 offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, or any misdemeanor 96 described in division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of 97 section 109.572 of the Revised Code or having custody of a child 98 under eighteen years of age with respect to whom there is 99 probable cause to believe that the child may have committed an 100 act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if 101 committed by an adult shall furnish such material to the 102 superintendent of the bureau.
child who is under eighteen years of age, has not been arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence who is not in any other category of child specified in this division, if committed by an adult, has not been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing a felony or an offense of violence, and is not a child with respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the child may have committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult shall not be procured by the superintendent or furnished by any person in charge of any county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution, except as authorized in section 2151.313 of the Revised Code.
Fingerprints, photographs, or 103 other descriptive information of a child who is under eighteen 104 years of age, has not been arrested or otherwise taken into 105 custody for committing an act that would be a felony or an 106 offense of violence who is not in any other category of child 107 specified in this division, if committed by an adult, has not 108 been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that 109 would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an 110 adult, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing 111 a felony or an offense of violence, and is not a child with 112 respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the 113 child may have committed an act that would be a felony or an 114 Sub.
(2) Every clerk of a court of record in this state, other than the supreme court or a court of appeals, shall send to the superintendent of the bureau a weekly report containing a summary of each case involving a felony, involving any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, involving a misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, or involving an adjudication in a case in which a child under eighteen years of age was alleged to be a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult.
The clerk of the court of common pleas shall include in the report and summary the clerk sends under this division all information described in divisions (A)(2)(a) to (f) of this section regarding a case before the court of appeals that is served by that clerk.
The summary shall be written on the standard forms furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of this section and shall include the following information:
(a) The incident tracking number contained on the standard forms furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of this section;
(b) The style and number of the case;
(c) The date of arrest, offense, summons, or arraignment;
(d) The date that the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense, adjudicated a delinquent child for committing the act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, found not guilty of the offense, or found not to be a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, the date of an entry dismissing the charge, an entry declaring a mistrial of the offense in which the person is discharged, an entry finding that the person or child is not competent to stand trial, or an entry of a nolle prosequi, or the date of any other determination that constitutes final resolution of the case;
(e) A statement of the original charge with the section of the Revised Code that was alleged to be violated;
(f) If the person or child was convicted, pleaded guilty, or was adjudicated a delinquent child, the sentence or terms of probation imposed or any other disposition of the offender or the Sub.
455 Page 5 As Passed by the House offense of violence if committed by an adult shall not be 115 procured by the superintendent or furnished by any person in 116 charge of any county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, 117 or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based 118 correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential 119 facility, or state correctional institution, except as 120 authorized in section 2151.313 of the Revised Code.
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121 (2) Every clerk of a court of record in this state, other 122 than the supreme court or a court of appeals, shall send to the 123 superintendent of the bureau a weekly report containing a 124 summary of each case involving a felony, involving any crime 125 constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on 126 subsequent offenses, involving a misdemeanor described in 127 division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 128 of the Revised Code, or involving an adjudication in a case in 129 which a child under eighteen years of age was alleged to be a 130 delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony or 131 an offense of violence if committed by an adult.
delinquent child.
The clerk of 132 the court of common pleas shall include in the report and 133 summary the clerk sends under this division all information 134 described in divisions (A)(2)(a) to (f) of this section 135 regarding a case before the court of appeals that is served by 136 that clerk.
If the offense involved the disarming of a law enforcement officer or an attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, the clerk shall clearly state that fact in the summary, and the superintendent shall ensure that a clear statement of that fact is placed in the bureau's records.
The summary shall be written on the standard forms 137 furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) of this 138 section and shall include the following information:
(3) The superintendent shall cooperate with and assist sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers in the establishment of a complete system of criminal identification and in obtaining fingerprints and other means of identification of all persons arrested on a charge of a felony, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, or a misdemeanor described in division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and of all children under eighteen years of age arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult.
139 (a) The incident tracking number contained on the standard 140 forms furnished by the superintendent pursuant to division (B) 141 of this section;
The superintendent also shall file for record the fingerprint impressions of all persons confined in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution for the violation of state laws and of all children under eighteen years of age who are confined in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution or in any facility for delinquent children for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, and any other information that the superintendent may receive from law enforcement officials of the state and its political subdivisions.
142 (b) The style and number of the case;
(4) The superintendent shall carry out Chapter 2950.
143 (c) The date of arrest, offense, summons, or arraignment;
of the Revised Code with respect to the registration of persons who are convicted of or plead guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a child- victim oriented offense and with respect to all other duties imposed on the bureau under that chapter.
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(5) The bureau shall perform centralized recordkeeping functions for criminal history records and services in this state for purposes of the national crime prevention and privacy compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code and is the criminal history record repository as defined in that section for purposes of that compact.
The superintendent or the superintendent's designee is the compact officer for purposes of that compact and shall carry out the responsibilities of the compact officer specified in that compact.
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(6) The superintendent shall, upon request, assist a county coroner in the identification of a deceased person through the use of fingerprint impressions obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section or collected pursuant to section 109.572 or 311.41 of the Revised Code.
(B) The superintendent shall prepare and furnish to every county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential facility, or state correctional institution and to every clerk of a court in this state specified in division (A)(2) of this section standard forms for reporting the information required under division (A) of this section.
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455 Page 6 As Passed by the House (d) The date that the person was convicted of or pleaded 145 guilty to the offense, adjudicated a delinquent child for 146 committing the act that would be a felony or an offense of 147 violence if committed by an adult, found not guilty of the 148 offense, or found not to be a delinquent child for committing an 149 act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if 150 committed by an adult, the date of an entry dismissing the 151 charge, an entry declaring a mistrial of the offense in which 152 the person is discharged, an entry finding that the person or 153 child is not competent to stand trial, or an entry of a nolle 154 prosequi, or the date of any other determination that 155 constitutes final resolution of the case;
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156 (e) A statement of the original charge with the section of 157 the Revised Code that was alleged to be violated;
superintendent prepares pursuant to this division may be in a tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible formats and electronic formats.
158 (f) If the person or child was convicted, pleaded guilty, 159 or was adjudicated a delinquent child, the sentence or terms of 160 probation imposed or any other disposition of the offender or 161 the delinquent child.
(C)(1) The superintendent may operate a center for electronic, automated, or other data processing for the storage and retrieval of information, data, and statistics pertaining to criminals and to children under eighteen years of age who are adjudicated delinquent children for committing an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, criminal activity, crime prevention, law enforcement, and criminal justice, and may establish and operate a statewide communications network to be known as the Ohio law enforcement gateway to gather and disseminate information, data, and statistics for the use of law enforcement agencies and for other uses specified in this division.
162 If the offense involved the disarming of a law enforcement 163 officer or an attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, the 164 clerk shall clearly state that fact in the summary, and the 165 superintendent shall ensure that a clear statement of that fact 166 is placed in the bureau's records.
The superintendent may gather, store, retrieve, and disseminate information, data, and statistics that pertain to children who are under eighteen years of age and that are gathered pursuant to sections 109.57 to 109.61 of the Revised Code together with information, data, and statistics that pertain to adults and that are gathered pursuant to those sections.
167 (3) The superintendent shall cooperate with and assist 168 sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers 169 in the establishment of a complete system of criminal 170 identification and in obtaining fingerprints and other means of 171 identification of all persons arrested on a charge of a felony, 172 any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a 173 felony on subsequent offenses, or a misdemeanor described in 174 Sub.
(2) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall gather information of the nature described in division (C)(1) of this section that pertains to the offense and delinquency history of a person who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense for inclusion in the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders maintained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code and in the internet database operated pursuant to division (A) (13) of that section and for possible inclusion in the internet database operated pursuant to division (A)(11) of that section.
(3) In addition to any other authorized use of information, data, and statistics of the nature described in division (C)(1) of this section, the superintendent or the superintendent's designee may provide and exchange the information, data, and statistics pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy compact as described in division (A)(5) of this section.
(4) The Ohio law enforcement gateway shall contain the name, confidential address, and telephone number of program participants in the address confidentiality program established under sections 111.41 to 111.47 of the Revised Code.
(5) The attorney general may adopt rules under Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code establishing guidelines for the operation of and participation in the Ohio law enforcement gateway.
The rules may include criteria for granting and restricting access to information gathered and disseminated through the Ohio law enforcement gateway.
The attorney general shall adopt rules under Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code that grant access to information in the gateway regarding an address confidentiality program participant under sections 111.41 to 111.47 of the Revised Code to only chiefs of police, village marshals, county sheriffs, county prosecuting attorneys, and a designee of each of these individuals.
The attorney general shall permit an office of a county coroner, the state medical board, and board of nursing to access and view, but not alter, information gathered and disseminated through the Ohio law enforcement gateway.
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455 Page 7 As Passed by the House division (A)(1)(a), (A)(4)(a), or (A)(6)(a) of section 109.572 175 of the Revised Code and of all children under eighteen years of 176 age arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an 177 act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if 178 committed by an adult.
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The superintendent also shall file for 179 record the fingerprint impressions of all persons confined in a 180 county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or 181 multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based 182 correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential 183 facility, or state correctional institution for the violation of 184 state laws and of all children under eighteen years of age who 185 are confined in a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal- 186 county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community- 187 based correctional facility, halfway house, alternative 188 residential facility, or state correctional institution or in 189 any facility for delinquent children for committing an act that 190 would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an 191 adult, and any other information that the superintendent may 192 receive from law enforcement officials of the state and its 193 political subdivisions.
The attorney general may appoint a steering committee to advise the attorney general in the operation of the Ohio law enforcement gateway that is comprised of persons who are representatives of the criminal justice agencies in this state that use the Ohio law enforcement gateway and is chaired by the superintendent or the superintendent's designee.
194 (4) The superintendent shall carry out Chapter 2950.
(D)(1) The following are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code:
of 195 the Revised Code with respect to the registration of persons who 196 are convicted of or plead guilty to a sexually oriented offense 197 or a child-victim oriented offense and with respect to all other 198 duties imposed on the bureau under that chapter.
(a) Information and materials furnished to the superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section;
199 (5) The bureau shall perform centralized recordkeeping 200 functions for criminal history records and services in this 201 state for purposes of the national crime prevention and privacy 202 compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code and is 203 the criminal history record repository as defined in that 204 section for purposes of that compact.
(b) Information, data, and statistics gathered or disseminated through the Ohio law enforcement gateway pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section;
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(c) Information and materials furnished to any board or person under division (F) or (G) of this section.
(2) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee shall gather and retain information so furnished under division (A) of this section that pertains to the offense and delinquency history of a person who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense for the purposes described in division (C)(2) of this section.
(E)(1) The attorney general shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code and subject to division (E)(2) of this section, setting forth the procedure by which a person may receive or release information gathered by the superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section.
A reasonable fee may be charged for this service.
If a temporary employment service submits a request for a determination of whether a person the service plans to refer to an employment position has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed or described in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, the request shall be treated as a single request and only one fee shall be charged.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division or division (E)(3) or (4) of this section, a rule adopted under division (E)(1) of this section may provide only for the release of information gathered pursuant to division (A) of this section that relates to the conviction of a person, or a person's plea of guilty to, a criminal offense or to the arrest of a person as provided in division (E)(3) of this section.
The superintendent shall not release, and the attorney general shall not adopt any rule under division (E)(1) of this section that permits the release of, any information gathered pursuant to division (A) of this section that relates to an adjudication of a child as a delinquent child, or that relates to a criminal conviction of a person under eighteen years of age if the person's case was transferred back to a juvenile court under division (B)(2) or (3) of section 2152.121 of the Revised Code and the juvenile court imposed a disposition or serious youthful offender disposition upon the person under either division, unless either of the following applies with respect to the adjudication or conviction:
(a) The adjudication or conviction was for a violation of section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code.
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455 Page 8 As Passed by the House superintendent's designee is the compact officer for purposes of 206 that compact and shall carry out the responsibilities of the 207 compact officer specified in that compact.
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208 (6) The superintendent shall, upon request, assist a 209 county coroner in the identification of a deceased person 210 through the use of fingerprint impressions obtained pursuant to 211 division (A)(1) of this section or collected pursuant to section 212 109.572 or 311.41 of the Revised Code.
(b) The adjudication or conviction was for a sexually oriented offense, the juvenile court was required to classify the child a juvenile offender registrant for that offense under section 2152.82, 2152.83, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, that classification has not been removed, and the records of the adjudication or conviction have not been sealed or expunged pursuant to sections 2151.355 to 2151.358 or sealed or expunged pursuant to section 2953.32 of the Revised Code.
213 (B) The superintendent shall prepare and furnish to every 214 county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or 215 multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, community-based 216 correctional facility, halfway house, alternative residential 217 facility, or state correctional institution and to every clerk 218 of a court in this state specified in division (A)(2) of this 219 section standard forms for reporting the information required 220 under division (A) of this section.
(3) A rule adopted under division (E)(1) of this section may provide for the release of information gathered pursuant to division (A) of this section that relates to the arrest of a person who is eighteen years of age or older when the person has not been convicted as a result of that arrest if any of the following applies:
The standard forms that the 221 superintendent prepares pursuant to this division may be in a 222 tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible 223 formats and electronic formats.
(a) The arrest was made outside of this state.
224 (C)(1) The superintendent may operate a center for 225 electronic, automated, or other data processing for the storage 226 and retrieval of information, data, and statistics pertaining to 227 criminals and to children under eighteen years of age who are 228 adjudicated delinquent children for committing an act that would 229 be a felony or an offense of violence if committed by an adult, 230 criminal activity, crime prevention, law enforcement, and 231 criminal justice, and may establish and operate a statewide 232 communications network to be known as the Ohio law enforcement 233 gateway to gather and disseminate information, data, and 234 statistics for the use of law enforcement agencies and for other 235 Sub.
(b) A criminal action resulting from the arrest is pending, and the superintendent confirms that the criminal action has not been resolved at the time the criminal records check is performed.
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(c) The bureau cannot reasonably determine whether a criminal action resulting from the arrest is pending, and not more than one year has elapsed since the date of the arrest.
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(4) A rule adopted under division (E)(1) of this section may provide for the release of information gathered pursuant to division (A) of this section that relates to an adjudication of a child as a delinquent child if not more than five years have elapsed since the date of the adjudication, the adjudication was for an act that would have been a felony if committed by an adult, the records of the adjudication have not been sealed or expunged pursuant to sections 2151.355 to 2151.358 of the Revised Code, and the request for information is made under division (F) of this section or under section 109.572 of the Revised Code.
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In the case of an adjudication for a violation of the terms of community control or supervised release, the five-year period shall be calculated from the date of the adjudication to which the community control or supervised release pertains.
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(F)(1) As used in division (F)(2) of this section, "head start agency" means an entity in this state that has been approved to be an agency for purposes of subchapter II of the "Community Economic Development Act," 95 Stat.
The superintendent may gather, 236 store, retrieve, and disseminate information, data, and 237 statistics that pertain to children who are under eighteen years 238 of age and that are gathered pursuant to sections 109.57 to 239 109.61 of the Revised Code together with information, data, and 240 statistics that pertain to adults and that are gathered pursuant 241 to those sections.
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242 (2) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee 243 shall gather information of the nature described in division (C) 244 (1) of this section that pertains to the offense and delinquency 245 history of a person who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty 246 to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a 247 sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense for 248 inclusion in the state registry of sex offenders and child- 249 victim offenders maintained pursuant to division (A)(1) of 250 section 2950.13 of the Revised Code and in the internet database 251 operated pursuant to division (A)(13) of that section and for 252 possible inclusion in the internet database operated pursuant to 253 division (A)(11) of that section.
254 (3) In addition to any other authorized use of 255 information, data, and statistics of the nature described in 256 division (C)(1) of this section, the superintendent or the 257 superintendent's designee may provide and exchange the 258 information, data, and statistics pursuant to the national crime 259 prevention and privacy compact as described in division (A)(5) 260 of this section.
261 (4) The Ohio law enforcement gateway shall contain the 262 name, confidential address, and telephone number of program 263 participants in the address confidentiality program established 264 under sections 111.41 to 111.47 of the Revised Code.
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455 Page 10 As Passed by the House (5) The attorney general may adopt rules under Chapter 266 119.
of the Revised Code establishing guidelines for the 267 operation of and participation in the Ohio law enforcement 268 gateway.
The rules may include criteria for granting and 269 restricting access to information gathered and disseminated 270 through the Ohio law enforcement gateway.
The attorney general 271 shall adopt rules under Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code that 272 grant access to information in the gateway regarding an address 273 confidentiality program participant under sections 111.41 to 274 111.47 of the Revised Code to only chiefs of police, village 275 marshals, county sheriffs, county prosecuting attorneys, and a 276 designee of each of these individuals.
The attorney general 277 shall permit an office of a county coroner, the state medical 278 board, and board of nursing to access and view, but not alter, 279 information gathered and disseminated through the Ohio law 280 enforcement gateway.
281 The attorney general may appoint a steering committee to 282 advise the attorney general in the operation of the Ohio law 283 enforcement gateway that is comprised of persons who are 284 representatives of the criminal justice agencies in this state 285 that use the Ohio law enforcement gateway and is chaired by the 286 superintendent or the superintendent's designee.
287 (D)(1) The following are not public records under section 288 149.43 of the Revised Code:
289 (a) Information and materials furnished to the 290 superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section;
291 (b) Information, data, and statistics gathered or 292 disseminated through the Ohio law enforcement gateway pursuant 293 to division (C)(1) of this section;
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455 Page 11 As Passed by the House (c) Information and materials furnished to any board or 295 person under division (F) or (G) of this section.
296 (2) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee 297 shall gather and retain information so furnished under division 298 (A) of this section that pertains to the offense and delinquency 299 history of a person who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty 300 to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a 301 sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense for 302 the purposes described in division (C)(2) of this section.
303 (E)(1) The attorney general shall adopt rules, in 304 accordance with Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code and subject to 305 division (E)(2) of this section, setting forth the procedure by 306 which a person may receive or release information gathered by 307 the superintendent pursuant to division (A) of this section.
A 308 reasonable fee may be charged for this service.
If a temporary 309 employment service submits a request for a determination of 310 whether a person the service plans to refer to an employment 311 position has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense 312 listed or described in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of section 313 109.572 of the Revised Code, the request shall be treated as a 314 single request and only one fee shall be charged.
315 (2) Except as otherwise provided in this division or 316 division (E)(3) or (4) of this section, a rule adopted under 317 division (E)(1) of this section may provide only for the release 318 of information gathered pursuant to division (A) of this section 319 that relates to the conviction of a person, or a person's plea 320 of guilty to, a criminal offense or to the arrest of a person as 321 provided in division (E)(3) of this section.
The superintendent 322 shall not release, and the attorney general shall not adopt any 323 rule under division (E)(1) of this section that permits the 324 Sub.
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455 Page 12 As Passed by the House release of, any information gathered pursuant to division (A) of 325 this section that relates to an adjudication of a child as a 326 delinquent child, or that relates to a criminal conviction of a 327 person under eighteen years of age if the person's case was 328 transferred back to a juvenile court under division (B)(2) or 329 (3) of section 2152.121 of the Revised Code and the juvenile 330 court imposed a disposition or serious youthful offender 331 disposition upon the person under either division, unless either 332 of the following applies with respect to the adjudication or 333 conviction:
334 (a) The adjudication or conviction was for a violation of 335 section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code.
336 (b) The adjudication or conviction was for a sexually 337 oriented offense, the juvenile court was required to classify 338 the child a juvenile offender registrant for that offense under 339 section 2152.82, 2152.83, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, that 340 classification has not been removed, and the records of the 341 adjudication or conviction have not been sealed or expunged 342 pursuant to sections 2151.355 to 2151.358 or sealed or expunged 343 pursuant to section 2953.32 of the Revised Code.
344 (3) A rule adopted under division (E)(1) of this section 345 may provide for the release of information gathered pursuant to 346 division (A) of this section that relates to the arrest of a 347 person who is eighteen years of age or older when the person has 348 not been convicted as a result of that arrest if any of the 349 following applies:
350 (a) The arrest was made outside of this state.
351 (b) A criminal action resulting from the arrest is 352 pending, and the superintendent confirms that the criminal 353 Sub.
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355 (c) The bureau cannot reasonably determine whether a 356 criminal action resulting from the arrest is pending, and not 357 more than one year has elapsed since the date of the arrest.
358 (4) A rule adopted under division (E)(1) of this section 359 may provide for the release of information gathered pursuant to 360 division (A) of this section that relates to an adjudication of 361 a child as a delinquent child if not more than five years have 362 elapsed since the date of the adjudication, the adjudication was 363 for an act that would have been a felony if committed by an 364 adult, the records of the adjudication have not been sealed or 365 expunged pursuant to sections 2151.355 to 2151.358 of the 366 Revised Code, and the request for information is made under 367 division (F) of this section or under section 109.572 of the 368 Revised Code.
In the case of an adjudication for a violation of 369 the terms of community control or supervised release, the five- 370 year period shall be calculated from the date of the 371 adjudication to which the community control or supervised 372 release pertains.
373 (F)(1) As used in division (F)(2) of this section, "head 374 start agency" means an entity in this state that has been 375 approved to be an agency for purposes of subchapter II of the 376 "Community Economic Development Act," 95 Stat.
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378 (2)(a) In addition to or in conjunction with any request 379 that is required to be made under section 109.572, 2151.86, 380 3301.32, 3301.541, division (C) of section 3310.58, or section 381 3319.39, 3319.391, 3327.10, 3740.11, 5103.053, 5104.013, 382 5123.081, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code or that is made under 383 Sub.
(2)(a) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 109.572, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, division (C) of section 3310.58, or section 3319.39, 3319.391, 3327.10, 3740.11, 5103.053, 5104.013, 5123.081, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code or that is made under section 3314.41, 3319.392, or 3326.25, or 3328.20 of the Revised Code, the board of education of any school district;
the director of developmental disabilities;
any county board of developmental disabilities;
any provider or subcontractor as defined in section 5123.081 of the Revised Code;
the chief administrator of any chartered nonpublic school;
the chief administrator of a registered private provider that is not also a chartered nonpublic school;
the chief administrator of any home health agency;
the chief administrator of or person operating any child care center, type A family child care home, or type B family child care home licensed under Chapter 5104.
of the Revised Code;
the chief administrator of or person operating any authorized private before and after school care program;
the chief administrator of any head start agency;
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the 385 director of developmental disabilities;
public children services agency;
any county board of 386 developmental disabilities;
the operator of a residential facility, as defined in section 2151.46 of the Revised Code;
any provider or subcontractor as 387 defined in section 5123.081 of the Revised Code;
a private company described in section 3314.41, 3319.392, or 3326.25, or 3328.20 of the Revised Code;
the chief 388 administrator of any chartered nonpublic school;
or an employer described in division (J)(2) of section 3327.10 of the Revised Code may request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment in any position after October 2, 1989, or any individual wishing to apply for employment with a board of education may request, with regard to the individual, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual.
the chief 389 administrator of a registered private provider that is not also 390 a chartered nonpublic school;
On receipt of the request, subject to division (E)(2) of this section, the superintendent shall determine whether that information exists and, upon request of the person, board, or entity requesting information, also shall request from the federal bureau of investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to that individual.
the chief administrator of any 391 home health agency;
The superintendent or the superintendent's designee also may request criminal history records from other states or the federal government pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code.
the chief administrator of or person 392 operating any child care center, type A family child care home, 393 or type B family child care home licensed under Chapter 5104.
Within thirty days of the date that the superintendent receives a request, subject to division (E)(2) of this section, the superintendent shall send to the board, entity, or person a report of any information that the superintendent determines exists, including information contained in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days of its receipt, subject to division (E)(2) of this section, shall send the board, entity, or person a report of any information received from the federal bureau of investigation, other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited by federal law.
of 394 the Revised Code;
(b) When a board of education or a registered private provider is required to receive information under this section as a prerequisite to employment of an individual pursuant to division (C) of section 3310.58 or section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, it may accept a certified copy of records that were issued by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that are presented by an individual applying for employment with the district in lieu of requesting that information itself.
the chief administrator of or person operating 395 any authorized private before and after school care program;
In such a case, the board shall accept the certified copy issued by the bureau in order to make a photocopy of it for that individual's employment application documents and shall return the certified copy to the individual.
the 396 chief administrator of any head start agency;
In a case of that nature, a district or provider only shall accept a certified copy of records of that nature within one year after the date of their issuance by the bureau.
the executive 397 director of a public children services agency;
(c) Notwithstanding division (F)(2)(a) of this section, in the case of a request under section 3319.39, 3319.391, or 3327.10 of the Revised Code only for criminal records maintained by the federal bureau of investigation, the superintendent shall not determine whether any information gathered under division (A) of this section exists on the person for whom the request is made.
the operator of a 398 residential facility, as defined in section 2151.46 of the 399 Revised Code;
(3) The state board of education or the department of education and workforce may request, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment after October 2, 1989, in any position with the state board or the department of education and workforce, any information that a school district board of education is authorized to request under division (F)(2) of this section, and Sub.
a private company described in section 3314.41, 400 3319.392, or 3326.25, or 3328.20 of the Revised Code;
or an 401 employer described in division (J)(2) of section 3327.10 of the 402 Revised Code may request that the superintendent of the bureau 403 investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who 404 has applied for employment in any position after October 2, 405 1989, or any individual wishing to apply for employment with a 406 board of education may request, with regard to the individual, 407 whether the bureau has any information gathered under division 408 (A) of this section that pertains to that individual.
On receipt 409 of the request, subject to division (E)(2) of this section, the 410 superintendent shall determine whether that information exists 411 and, upon request of the person, board, or entity requesting 412 information, also shall request from the federal bureau of 413 investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to that 414 individual.
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Within thirty days of the date that the superintendent 419 receives a request, subject to division (E)(2) of this section, 420 the superintendent shall send to the board, entity, or person a 421 report of any information that the superintendent determines 422 exists, including information contained in records that have 423 been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, 424 within thirty days of its receipt, subject to division (E)(2) of 425 this section, shall send the board, entity, or person a report 426 of any information received from the federal bureau of 427 investigation, other than information the dissemination of which 428 is prohibited by federal law.
the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if the request has been received from a school district board of education under division (F)(2) of this section.
429 (b) When a board of education or a registered private 430 provider is required to receive information under this section 431 as a prerequisite to employment of an individual pursuant to 432 division (C) of section 3310.58 or section 3319.39 of the 433 Revised Code, it may accept a certified copy of records that 434 were issued by the bureau of criminal identification and 435 investigation and that are presented by an individual applying 436 for employment with the district in lieu of requesting that 437 information itself.
(4) When the superintendent of the bureau receives a request for information under section 3319.291 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall proceed as if the request has been received from a school district board of education and shall comply with divisions (F)(2)(a) and (c) of this section.
In such a case, the board shall accept the 438 certified copy issued by the bureau in order to make a photocopy 439 of it for that individual's employment application documents and 440 shall return the certified copy to the individual.
(G) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 3712.09, 3721.121, or 3740.11 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult or adult resident, the chief administrator of a home health agency, hospice care program, home licensed under Chapter 3721.
In a case of 441 that nature, a district or provider only shall accept a 442 certified copy of records of that nature within one year after 443 the date of their issuance by the bureau.
of the Revised Code, or adult day-care program operated pursuant to rules adopted under section 3721.04 of the Revised Code may request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied after January 27, 1997, for employment in a position that does not involve providing direct care to an older adult or adult resident, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual.
444 (c) Notwithstanding division (F)(2)(a) of this section, in 445 the case of a request under section 3319.39, 3319.391, or 446 Sub.
In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 173.27 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents of long-term care facilities or recipients of community-based long-term care services, the state long-term care ombudsman, the director of aging, a regional long-term care ombudsman program, or the designee of the ombudsman, director, or program may request that the superintendent investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a position that does not involve providing such ombudsman services, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to that applicant.
In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 173.38 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a direct-care position, the chief administrator of a provider, as defined in section 173.39 of the Revised Code, may request that the superintendent investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a position that is not a direct-care position, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to that applicant.
In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 3712.09 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a position that involves providing direct care to a pediatric respite care patient, the chief administrator of a pediatric respite care program may request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment in a position that does not involve providing direct care to a pediatric respite care patient, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual.
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455 Page 16 As Passed by the House 3327.10 of the Revised Code only for criminal records maintained 447 by the federal bureau of investigation, the superintendent shall 448 not determine whether any information gathered under division 449 (A) of this section exists on the person for whom the request is 450 made.
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451 (3) The state board of education or the department of 452 education and workforce may request, with respect to any 453 individual who has applied for employment after October 2, 1989, 454 in any position with the state board or the department of 455 education and workforce, any information that a school district 456 board of education is authorized to request under division (F) 457 (2) of this section, and the superintendent of the bureau shall 458 proceed as if the request has been received from a school 459 district board of education under division (F)(2) of this 460 section.
On receipt of a request under this division, the superintendent shall determine whether that information exists and, on request of the individual requesting information, shall also request from the federal bureau of investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to the applicant.
461 (4) When the superintendent of the bureau receives a 462 request for information under section 3319.291 of the Revised 463 Code, the superintendent shall proceed as if the request has 464 been received from a school district board of education and 465 shall comply with divisions (F)(2)(a) and (c) of this section.
The superintendent or the superintendent's designee also may request criminal history records from other states or the federal government pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code.
466 (G) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that 467 is required to be made under section 3712.09, 3721.121, or 468 3740.11 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who 469 has applied for employment in a position that involves providing 470 direct care to an older adult or adult resident, the chief 471 administrator of a home health agency, hospice care program, 472 home licensed under Chapter 3721.
Within thirty days of the date a request is received, subject to division (E)(2) of this section, the superintendent shall send to the requester a report of any information determined to exist, including information contained in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days of its receipt, shall send the requester a report of any information received from the federal bureau of investigation, other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited by federal law.
of the Revised Code, or adult 473 day-care program operated pursuant to rules adopted under 474 section 3721.04 of the Revised Code may request that the 475 superintendent of the bureau investigate and determine, with 476 Sub.
(H) Information obtained by a government entity or person under this section is confidential and shall not be released or disseminated.
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(I) The superintendent may charge a reasonable fee for providing information or criminal records under division (F)(2) or (G) of this section.
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(1) "Pediatric respite care program" and "pediatric care patient" have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code.
455 Page 17 As Passed by the House respect to any individual who has applied after January 27, 477 1997, for employment in a position that does not involve 478 providing direct care to an older adult or adult resident, 479 whether the bureau has any information gathered under division 480 (A) of this section that pertains to that individual.
(2) "Sexually oriented offense" and "child-victim oriented offense" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code.
481 In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is 482 required to be made under section 173.27 of the Revised Code 483 with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in 484 a position that involves providing ombudsman services to 485 residents of long-term care facilities or recipients of 486 community-based long-term care services, the state long-term 487 care ombudsman, the director of aging, a regional long-term care 488 ombudsman program, or the designee of the ombudsman, director, 489 or program may request that the superintendent investigate and 490 determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for 491 employment in a position that does not involve providing such 492 ombudsman services, whether the bureau has any information 493 gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to 494 that applicant.
(3) "Registered private provider" means a nonpublic school or entity registered with the department of education and workforce under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code to participate in the autism scholarship program or section 3310.58 of the Revised Code to participate in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship program.
495 In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is 496 required to be made under section 173.38 of the Revised Code 497 with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in 498 a direct-care position, the chief administrator of a provider, 499 as defined in section 173.39 of the Revised Code, may request 500 that the superintendent investigate and determine, with respect 501 to any individual who has applied for employment in a position 502 that is not a direct-care position, whether the bureau has any 503 information gathered under division (A) of this section that 504 pertains to that applicant.
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505 In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is 506 Sub.
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455 Page 18 As Passed by the House required to be made under section 3712.09 of the Revised Code 507 with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in 508 a position that involves providing direct care to a pediatric 509 respite care patient, the chief administrator of a pediatric 510 respite care program may request that the superintendent of the 511 bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any individual 512 who has applied for employment in a position that does not 513 involve providing direct care to a pediatric respite care 514 patient, whether the bureau has any information gathered under 515 division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual.
516 On receipt of a request under this division, the 517 superintendent shall determine whether that information exists 518 and, on request of the individual requesting information, shall 519 also request from the federal bureau of investigation any 520 criminal records it has pertaining to the applicant.
The 521 superintendent or the superintendent's designee also may request 522 criminal history records from other states or the federal 523 government pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy 524 compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code.
Within 525 thirty days of the date a request is received, subject to 526 division (E)(2) of this section, the superintendent shall send 527 to the requester a report of any information determined to 528 exist, including information contained in records that have been 529 sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within 530 thirty days of its receipt, shall send the requester a report of 531 any information received from the federal bureau of 532 investigation, other than information the dissemination of which 533 is prohibited by federal law.
534 (H) Information obtained by a government entity or person 535 under this section is confidential and shall not be released or 536 disseminated.
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455 Page 19 As Passed by the House (I) The superintendent may charge a reasonable fee for 538 providing information or criminal records under division (F)(2) 539 or (G) of this section.
540 (J) As used in this section:
541 (1) "Pediatric respite care program" and "pediatric care 542 patient" have the same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the 543 Revised Code.
544 (2) "Sexually oriented offense" and "child-victim oriented 545 offense" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the 546 Revised Code.
547 (3) "Registered private provider" means a nonpublic school 548 or entity registered with the department of education and 549 workforce under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code to 550 participate in the autism scholarship program or section 3310.58 551 of the Revised Code to participate in the Jon Peterson special 552 needs scholarship program.
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(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (B) 554 of this section, every appointing authority shall require each 555 of its appointed peace officers and troopers to complete twenty- 556 four hours of continuing professional training each calendar 557 year.
(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (B) of this section, every appointing authority shall require each of its appointed peace officers and troopers to complete twenty-four hours of continuing professional training each calendar year.
Twenty-four hours is intended to be a minimum requirement, 558 and appointing authorities are encouraged to exceed the twenty- 559 four hour minimum.
Twenty-four hours is intended to be a minimum requirement, and appointing authorities are encouraged to exceed the twenty-four hour minimum.
A minimum of twenty-four hours of continuing 560 professional training shall be reimbursed each calendar year and 561 a maximum of forty hours of continuing professional training may 562 be reimbursed each calendar year.
A minimum of twenty-four hours of continuing professional training shall be reimbursed each calendar year and a maximum of forty hours of continuing professional training may be reimbursed each calendar year.
563 (2) An appointing authority may submit a written request 564 to the peace officer training commission that requests for a 565 calendar year because of emergency circumstances an extension of 566 Sub.
(2) An appointing authority may submit a written request to the peace officer training commission that requests for a calendar year because of emergency circumstances an extension of the time within which one or more of its appointed peace officers or troopers must complete the required minimum number of hours of continuing professional training set by the commission, as described in division (A)(1) of this section.
A request made under this division shall set forth the name of each of the appointing authority's peace officers or troopers for whom an extension is requested, identify the emergency circumstances related to that peace officer or trooper, include Sub.
455 Page 20 As Passed by the House the time within which one or more of its appointed peace 567 officers or troopers must complete the required minimum number 568 of hours of continuing professional training set by the 569 commission, as described in division (A)(1) of this section.
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A 570 request made under this division shall set forth the name of 571 each of the appointing authority's peace officers or troopers 572 for whom an extension is requested, identify the emergency 573 circumstances related to that peace officer or trooper, include 574 documentation of those emergency circumstances, and set forth 575 the date on which the request is submitted to the commission.
documentation of those emergency circumstances, and set forth the date on which the request is submitted to the commission.
A 576 request shall be made under this division not later than the 577 fifteenth day of December in the calendar year for which the 578 extension is requested.
A request shall be made under this division not later than the fifteenth day of December in the calendar year for which the extension is requested.
579 Upon receipt of a written request made under this 580 division, the executive director of the commission shall review 581 the request and the submitted documentation.
Upon receipt of a written request made under this division, the executive director of the commission shall review the request and the submitted documentation.
If the executive 582 director of the commission is satisfied that emergency 583 circumstances exist for any peace officer or trooper for whom a 584 request was made under this division, the executive director may 585 approve the request for that peace officer or trooper and grant 586 an extension of the time within which that peace officer or 587 trooper must complete the required minimum number of hours of 588 continuing professional training set by the commission.
If the executive director of the commission is satisfied that emergency circumstances exist for any peace officer or trooper for whom a request was made under this division, the executive director may approve the request for that peace officer or trooper and grant an extension of the time within which that peace officer or trooper must complete the required minimum number of hours of continuing professional training set by the commission.
An 589 extension granted under this division may be for any period of 590 time the executive director believes to be appropriate, and the 591 executive director shall specify in the notice granting the 592 extension the date on which the extension ends.
An extension granted under this division may be for any period of time the executive director believes to be appropriate, and the executive director shall specify in the notice granting the extension the date on which the extension ends.
Not later than 593 thirty days after the date on which a request is submitted to 594 the commission, for each peace officer and trooper for whom an 595 extension is requested, the executive director either shall 596 approve the request and grant an extension or deny the request 597 Sub.
Not later than thirty days after the date on which a request is submitted to the commission, for each peace officer and trooper for whom an extension is requested, the executive director either shall approve the request and grant an extension or deny the request and deny an extension and shall send to the appointing authority that submitted the request written notice of the executive director's decision.
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If the executive director grants an extension of the time within which a particular appointed peace officer or trooper of an appointing authority must complete the required minimum number of hours of continuing professional training set by the commission, the appointing authority shall require that peace officer or trooper to complete the required minimum number of hours of training not later than the date on which the extension ends.
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(B) With the advice of the Ohio peace officer training commission, the attorney general shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119.
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of the Revised Code rules setting forth minimum standards for continuing professional training for peace officers and troopers and governing the administration of continuing professional training programs for peace officers and troopers.
455 Page 21 As Passed by the House and deny an extension and shall send to the appointing authority 598 that submitted the request written notice of the executive 599 director's decision.
The rules adopted by the attorney general under division (B) of this section shall do all of the following:
600 If the executive director grants an extension of the time 601 within which a particular appointed peace officer or trooper of 602 an appointing authority must complete the required minimum 603 number of hours of continuing professional training set by the 604 commission, the appointing authority shall require that peace 605 officer or trooper to complete the required minimum number of 606 hours of training not later than the date on which the extension 607 ends.
(1) Allow peace officers and troopers to earn credit for up to four hours of continuing professional training for time spent while on duty providing drug use prevention education training that utilizes evidence-based curricula to students in school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314., and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326., and college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter 3328.
608 (B) With the advice of the Ohio peace officer training 609 commission, the attorney general shall adopt in accordance with 610 Chapter 119.
of the Revised Code rules setting forth minimum 611 standards for continuing professional training for peace 612 officers and troopers and governing the administration of 613 continuing professional training programs for peace officers and 614 troopers.
The rules adopted by the attorney general under 615 division (B) of this section shall do all of the following:
616 (1) Allow peace officers and troopers to earn credit for 617 up to four hours of continuing professional training for time 618 spent while on duty providing drug use prevention education 619 training that utilizes evidence-based curricula to students in 620 school districts, community schools established under Chapter 621 3314., and STEM schools established under Chapter 3326., and 622 college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter 623 3328.
624 (2) Allow a peace officer or trooper appointed by a law 625 enforcement agency to earn hours of continuing professional 626 training for other peace officers or troopers appointed by the 627 Sub.
(2) Allow a peace officer or trooper appointed by a law enforcement agency to earn hours of continuing professional training for other peace officers or troopers appointed by the law enforcement agency by providing drug use prevention education training under division (B)(1) of this section so that hours earned by the peace officer or trooper providing the training in excess of four hours may be applied to offset the number of continuing professional training hours required of another peace officer or trooper appointed by that law enforcement agency.
(3) Prohibit the use of continuing professional training hours earned under division (B)(1) or Sub.
455 Page 22 As Passed by the House law enforcement agency by providing drug use prevention 628 education training under division (B)(1) of this section so that 629 hours earned by the peace officer or trooper providing the 630 training in excess of four hours may be applied to offset the 631 number of continuing professional training hours required of 632 another peace officer or trooper appointed by that law 633 enforcement agency.
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634 (3) Prohibit the use of continuing professional training 635 hours earned under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section from 636 being used to offset any mandatory hands-on training 637 requirement.
(2) of this section from being used to offset any mandatory hands-on training requirement.
638 (4) Require a peace officer to complete training on proper 639 interactions with civilians during traffic stops and other in- 640 person encounters, which training shall have an online offering 641 and shall include all of the following topics:
(4) Require a peace officer to complete training on proper interactions with civilians during traffic stops and other in-person encounters, which training shall have an online offering and shall include all of the following topics:
642 (a) A person's rights during an interaction with a peace 643 officer, including all of the following:
(a) A person's rights during an interaction with a peace officer, including all of the following:
644 (i) When a peace officer may require a person to exit a 645 vehicle;
(i) When a peace officer may require a person to exit a vehicle;
646 (ii) Constitutional protections from illegal search and 647 seizure;
(ii) Constitutional protections from illegal search and seizure;
648 (iii) The rights of a passenger in a vehicle who has been 649 pulled over for a traffic stop;
(iii) The rights of a passenger in a vehicle who has been pulled over for a traffic stop;
650 (iv) The right for a citizen to record an encounter with a 651 peace officer.
(iv) The right for a citizen to record an encounter with a peace officer.
652 (b) Proper actions for interacting with a civilian and 653 methods for diffusing a stressful encounter with a civilian;
(b) Proper actions for interacting with a civilian and methods for diffusing a stressful encounter with a civilian;
654 (c) Laws regarding questioning and detention by peace 655 Sub.
(c) Laws regarding questioning and detention by peace officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences for a person's or officer's failure to comply with those laws;
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(d) Any other requirements and procedures necessary for the proper implementation of this section.
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(C) The attorney general shall transmit a certified copy of any rule adopted under this section to the secretary of state.
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(D) As used in this section:
455 Page 23 As Passed by the House officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof 656 of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences for a 657 person's or officer's failure to comply with those laws;
(1) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 109.71 of the Revised Code.
658 (d) Any other requirements and procedures necessary for 659 the proper implementation of this section.
(2) "Trooper" means an individual appointed as a state highway patrol trooper under section 5503.01 of the Revised Code.
660 (C) The attorney general shall transmit a certified copy 661 of any rule adopted under this section to the secretary of 662 state.
(3) "Appointing authority" means any agency or entity that appoints a peace officer or trooper.
663 (D) As used in this section:
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664 (1) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 665 109.71 of the Revised Code.
666 (2) "Trooper" means an individual appointed as a state 667 highway patrol trooper under section 5503.01 of the Revised 668 Code.
669 (3) "Appointing authority" means any agency or entity that 670 appoints a peace officer or trooper.
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(A) When the territory of a city school 672 district is not located in more than one city, the civil service 673 commission of the city in which the district has territory shall 674 serve as the commission for the school district.
(A) When the territory of a city school district is not located in more than one city, the civil service commission of the city in which the district has territory shall serve as the commission for the school district.
When the 675 territory of a city school district is located in more than one 676 city, the commission of the city that shall serve as the 677 commission for the school district shall be the commission of 678 the city that is the residence of the greatest number of the 679 pupils of the district.
When the territory of a city school district is located in more than one city, the commission of the city that shall serve as the commission for the school district shall be the commission of the city that is the residence of the greatest number of the pupils of the district.
680 (B) If the commission determined under division (A) of 681 this section is not the commission of the city that served the 682 district on the effective date of this section, the legislative 683 Sub.
(B) If the commission determined under division (A) of this section is not the commission of the city that served the district on the effective date of this section, the legislative authority of the city whose commission acted on such date may, on request of the board of education, authorize its commission to continue to serve the district and, if so authorized, the commission shall continue to serve the district.
(C) If due to a change in population or school district territory or any other reason the commission of the city determined under division (A) of this section changes, the legislative authority of the city whose commission served the district prior to the change may, on request of the Sub.
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687 (C) If due to a change in population or school district 688 territory or any other reason the commission of the city 689 determined under division (A) of this section changes, the 690 legislative authority of the city whose commission served the 691 district prior to the change may, on request of the board of 692 education, authorize its commission to continue to serve the 693 district, and if so authorized, the commission shall continue to 694 serve the district.
board of education, authorize its commission to continue to serve the district, and if so authorized, the commission shall continue to serve the district.
695 (D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the 696 Revised Code, a city school district and city may enter into a 697 written agreement that the city school district shall not be 698 subject, in whole or in part, to the jurisdiction of the city's 699 civil service commission.
(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Revised Code, a city school district and city may enter into a written agreement that the city school district shall not be subject, in whole or in part, to the jurisdiction of the city's civil service commission.
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(A) A school district shall not incur, 701 without a vote of the electors, net indebtedness that exceeds an 702 amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of its tax valuation, 703 except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section and 704 in division (D) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code, or as 705 prescribed in section 3318.052 or 3318.44 of the Revised Code, 706 or as provided in division (J) of this section.
(A) A school district shall not incur, without a vote of the electors, net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of its tax valuation, except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section and in division (D) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code, or as prescribed in section 3318.052 or 3318.44 of the Revised Code, or as provided in division (J) of this section.
707 (B) Except as provided in divisions (E), (F), and (I) of 708 this section, a school district shall not incur net indebtedness 709 that exceeds an amount equal to nine per cent of its tax 710 valuation.
(B) Except as provided in divisions (E), (F), and (I) of this section, a school district shall not incur net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to nine per cent of its tax valuation.
711 (C) A school district shall not submit to a vote of the 712 Sub.
(C) A school district shall not submit to a vote of the electors the question of the issuance of securities in an amount that will make the district's net indebtedness after the issuance of the securities exceed an amount equal to four per cent of its tax valuation, unless the director of education and workforce, acting under policies adopted by the department of education and workforce, and the tax commissioner, acting under written policies of the commissioner, consent to the submission.
A request for the consents shall be made at least one hundred twenty days prior to the election at which the question is to be submitted.
The director of education and workforce shall certify to the district the director's and the tax commissioner's decisions within thirty days after receipt of the request for consents.
If the electors do not approve the issuance of securities at the election for which the director of education and workforce and tax commissioner consented to the submission of the question, the school district may submit the same question to the electors on the date that the next special election may be held under section 3501.01 of the Revised Code without submitting a new request for consent.
If the school district seeks to submit the same question at any other subsequent election, the district shall first submit a new request for consent in accordance with this division.
(D) In calculating the net indebtedness of a school district, none of the following shall be considered:
(1) Securities issued to acquire school buses and other equipment used in transporting pupils or issued pursuant to division (D) of section 133.10 of the Revised Code;
(2) Securities issued under division (F) of this section and, to the extent in excess of the limitation stated in division (B) of this section, under division (E) of this section;
(3) Indebtedness resulting from the dissolution of a joint vocational school district under section 3311.217 of the Revised Code, evidenced by outstanding securities of that joint vocational school district;
(4) Loans, evidenced by any securities, received under sections 3313.483, 3317.0210, and 3317.0211 of the Revised Code;
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455 Page 25 As Passed by the House electors the question of the issuance of securities in an amount 713 that will make the district's net indebtedness after the 714 issuance of the securities exceed an amount equal to four per 715 cent of its tax valuation, unless the director of education and 716 workforce, acting under policies adopted by the department of 717 education and workforce, and the tax commissioner, acting under 718 written policies of the commissioner, consent to the submission.
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719 A request for the consents shall be made at least one hundred 720 twenty days prior to the election at which the question is to be 721 submitted.
(5) Debt incurred under section 3313.374 of the Revised Code;
722 The director of education and workforce shall certify to 723 the district the director's and the tax commissioner's decisions 724 within thirty days after receipt of the request for consents.
(6) Debt incurred pursuant to division (B)(4) of section 3313.37 of the Revised Code to acquire computers and related hardware;
725 If the electors do not approve the issuance of securities 726 at the election for which the director of education and 727 workforce and tax commissioner consented to the submission of 728 the question, the school district may submit the same question 729 to the electors on the date that the next special election may 730 be held under section 3501.01 of the Revised Code without 731 submitting a new request for consent.
(7) Debt incurred under section 3318.042 of the Revised Code;
If the school district 732 seeks to submit the same question at any other subsequent 733 election, the district shall first submit a new request for 734 consent in accordance with this division.
(8) Debt incurred under section 5705.2112 or 5705.2113 of the Revised Code by the fiscal board of a qualifying partnership of which the school district is a participating school district.
735 (D) In calculating the net indebtedness of a school 736 district, none of the following shall be considered:
(E) A school district may become a special needs district as to certain securities as provided in division (E) of this section.
737 (1) Securities issued to acquire school buses and other 738 equipment used in transporting pupils or issued pursuant to 739 division (D) of section 133.10 of the Revised Code;
(1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare its school district to be a special needs district by determining both of the following:
740 (2) Securities issued under division (F) of this section 741 Sub.
(a) The student population is not being adequately serviced by the existing permanent improvements of the district.
(b) The district cannot obtain sufficient funds by the issuance of securities within the limitation of division (B) of this section to provide additional or improved needed permanent improvements in time to meet the needs.
(2) The board of education shall certify a copy of that resolution to the director of education and workforce with a statistical report showing all of the following:
(a) The history of and a projection of the growth of the tax valuation;
(b) The projected needs;
(c) The estimated cost of permanent improvements proposed to meet such projected needs.
(3) The director of education and workforce shall certify the district as an approved special needs district if the director finds both of the following:
(a) The district does not have available sufficient additional funds from state or federal sources to meet the projected needs.
(b) The projection of the potential average growth of tax valuation during the next five years, according to the information certified to the director and any other information the director obtains, indicates a likelihood of potential average growth of tax valuation of the district during the next five years of an average of not less than one and one-half per cent per year.
The findings and certification of the director shall be conclusive.
(4) An approved special needs district may incur net indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in an amount that does not exceed an amount equal to the greater of the following:
(a) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation by the percentage by which the tax valuation has increased over the tax valuation on the first day of the sixtieth month preceding the month in which its board determines to submit to the electors the question of issuing the proposed securities;
(b) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation by the percentage, determined by the director of education and Sub.
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744 (3) Indebtedness resulting from the dissolution of a joint 745 vocational school district under section 3311.217 of the Revised 746 Code, evidenced by outstanding securities of that joint 747 vocational school district;
workforce, by which that tax valuation is projected to increase during the next ten years.
748 (4) Loans, evidenced by any securities, received under 749 sections 3313.483, 3317.0210, and 3317.0211 of the Revised Code;
(F) A school district may issue securities for emergency purposes, in a principal amount that does not exceed an amount equal to three per cent of its tax valuation, as provided in this division.
750 (5) Debt incurred under section 3313.374 of the Revised 751 Code;
(1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare an emergency if it determines both of the following:
752 (6) Debt incurred pursuant to division (B)(4) of section 753 3313.37 of the Revised Code to acquire computers and related 754 hardware;
(a) School buildings or other necessary school facilities in the district have been wholly or partially destroyed, or condemned by a constituted public authority, or that such buildings or facilities are partially constructed, or so constructed or planned as to require additions and improvements to them before the buildings or facilities are usable for their intended purpose, or that corrections to permanent improvements are necessary to remove or prevent health or safety hazards.
755 (7) Debt incurred under section 3318.042 of the Revised 756 Code;
(b) Existing fiscal and net indebtedness limitations make adequate replacement, additions, or improvements impossible.
757 (8) Debt incurred under section 5705.2112 or 5705.2113 of 758 the Revised Code by the fiscal board of a qualifying partnership 759 of which the school district is a participating school district.
(2) Upon the declaration of an emergency, the board of education may, by resolution, submit to the electors of the district pursuant to section 133.18 of the Revised Code the question of issuing securities for the purpose of paying the cost, in excess of any insurance or condemnation proceeds received by the district, of permanent improvements to respond to the emergency need.
760 (E) A school district may become a special needs district 761 as to certain securities as provided in division (E) of this 762 section.
(3) The procedures for the election shall be as provided in section 133.18 of the Revised Code, except that:
763 (1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare its 764 school district to be a special needs district by determining 765 both of the following:
(a) The form of the ballot shall describe the emergency existing, refer to this division as the authority under which the emergency is declared, and state that the amount of the proposed securities exceeds the limitations prescribed by division (B) of this section;
766 (a) The student population is not being adequately 767 serviced by the existing permanent improvements of the district.
(b) The resolution required by division (B) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code shall be certified to the county auditor and the board of elections at least one hundred days prior to the election;
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(c) The county auditor shall advise and, not later than ninety-five days before the election, confirm that advice by certification to, the board of education of the information required by division (C) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code;
(d) The board of education shall then certify its resolution and the information required by division (D) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code to the board of elections not less than ninety days prior to the election.
(4) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 133.21 of the Revised Code, the first principal payment of securities issued under this division may be set at any date not later than sixty months after the earliest possible principal payment otherwise provided for in that division.
(G)(1) The board of education may contract with an architect, professional engineer, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy conservation measures for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to installations, modifications of installations, or remodeling that would significantly reduce energy consumption in buildings owned by the district.
The report shall include estimates of all costs of such installations, modifications, or remodeling, Sub.
455 Page 27 As Passed by the House (b) The district cannot obtain sufficient funds by the 769 issuance of securities within the limitation of division (B) of 770 this section to provide additional or improved needed permanent 771 improvements in time to meet the needs.
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772 (2) The board of education shall certify a copy of that 773 resolution to the director of education and workforce with a 774 statistical report showing all of the following:
including costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance, repairs, measurement and verification of energy savings, and debt service, forgone residual value of materials or equipment replaced by the energy conservation measure, as defined by the Ohio facilities construction commission, a baseline analysis of actual energy consumption data for the preceding three years with the utility baseline based on only the actual energy consumption data for the preceding twelve months, and estimates of the amounts by which energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance costs, as defined by the commission, would be reduced.
775 (a) The history of and a projection of the growth of the 776 tax valuation;
If the board finds after receiving the report that the amount of money the district would spend on such installations, modifications, or remodeling is not likely to exceed the amount of money it would save in energy and resultant operational and maintenance costs over the ensuing fifteen years, the board may submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the making or modification of installations or the remodeling of buildings for the purpose of significantly reducing energy consumption.
777 (b) The projected needs;
The facilities construction commission, in consultation with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G)(1) of this section by the board of education of any school district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the school district.
778 (c) The estimated cost of permanent improvements proposed 779 to meet such projected needs.
No district board of education of a school district that is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without submitting evidence that the installations, modifications, or remodeling have been approved by the district's financial planning and supervision commission established under section 3316.05 of the Revised Code.
780 (3) The director of education and workforce shall certify 781 the district as an approved special needs district if the 782 director finds both of the following:
No board of education of a school district for which an academic distress commission has been established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's academic distress commission established under that section, for so long as such commission continues to be required for the district.
783 (a) The district does not have available sufficient 784 additional funds from state or federal sources to meet the 785 projected needs.
(2) The board of education may contract with a person experienced in the implementation of student transportation to produce a report that includes an analysis of and recommendations for the use of alternative fuel vehicles by school districts.
786 (b) The projection of the potential average growth of tax 787 valuation during the next five years, according to the 788 information certified to the director and any other information 789 the director obtains, indicates a likelihood of potential 790 average growth of tax valuation of the district during the next 791 five years of an average of not less than one and one-half per 792 cent per year.
The report shall include cost estimates detailing the return on investment over the life of the alternative fuel vehicles and environmental impact of alternative fuel vehicles.
The findings and certification of the director 793 shall be conclusive.
The report also shall include estimates of all costs associated with alternative fuel transportation, including facility modifications and vehicle purchase costs or conversion costs.
794 (4) An approved special needs district may incur net 795 indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with 796 Sub.
If the board finds after receiving the report that the amount of money the district would spend on purchasing alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversion is not likely to exceed the amount of money it would save in fuel and resultant operational and maintenance costs over the ensuing five years, the board may submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request for Sub.
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798 (a) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus 799 an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation 800 by the percentage by which the tax valuation has increased over 801 the tax valuation on the first day of the sixtieth month 802 preceding the month in which its board determines to submit to 803 the electors the question of issuing the proposed securities;
approval to incur indebtedness to finance the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions for the purpose of reducing fuel costs.
804 (b) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus 805 an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation 806 by the percentage, determined by the director of education and 807 workforce, by which that tax valuation is projected to increase 808 during the next ten years.
The facilities construction commission, in consultation with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G)(2) of this section by the board of education of any school district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the school district.
809 (F) A school district may issue securities for emergency 810 purposes, in a principal amount that does not exceed an amount 811 equal to three per cent of its tax valuation, as provided in 812 this division.
No district board of education of a school district that is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without submitting evidence that the purchase or conversion of alternative fuel vehicles has been approved by the district's financial planning and supervision commission established under section 3316.05 of the Revised Code.
813 (1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare an 814 emergency if it determines both of the following:
No board of education of a school district for which an academic distress commission has been established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's academic distress commission established under that section, for so long as such commission continues to be required for the district.
815 (a) School buildings or other necessary school facilities 816 in the district have been wholly or partially destroyed, or 817 condemned by a constituted public authority, or that such 818 buildings or facilities are partially constructed, or so 819 constructed or planned as to require additions and improvements 820 to them before the buildings or facilities are usable for their 821 intended purpose, or that corrections to permanent improvements 822 are necessary to remove or prevent health or safety hazards.
(3) The facilities construction commission shall approve the board's request provided that the following conditions are satisfied:
823 (b) Existing fiscal and net indebtedness limitations make 824 adequate replacement, additions, or improvements impossible.
(a) The commission determines that the board's findings are reasonable.
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(b) The request for approval is complete.
(c) If the request was submitted under division (G)(1) of this section, the installations, modifications, or remodeling are consistent with any project to construct or acquire classroom facilities, or to reconstruct or make additions to existing classroom facilities under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code.
Upon receipt of the commission's approval, the district may issue securities without a vote of the electors in a principal amount not to exceed nine-tenths of one per cent of its tax valuation for the purpose specified in division (G)(1) or (2) of this section, but the total net indebtedness of the district without a vote of the electors incurred under this and all other sections of the Revised Code, except section 3318.052 of the Revised Code, shall not exceed one per cent of the district's tax valuation.
(4)(a) So long as any securities issued under division (G)(1) of this section remain outstanding, the board of education shall monitor the energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance costs of buildings in which installations or modifications have been made or remodeling has been done pursuant to that division.
Except as provided in division (G)(4)(b) of this section, the board shall maintain and annually update a report in a form and manner prescribed by the facilities construction commission documenting the reductions in energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance cost savings attributable to such installations, modifications, or remodeling.
The resultant operational and maintenance cost savings shall be certified by the Sub.
455 Page 29 As Passed by the House (2) Upon the declaration of an emergency, the board of 826 education may, by resolution, submit to the electors of the 827 district pursuant to section 133.18 of the Revised Code the 828 question of issuing securities for the purpose of paying the 829 cost, in excess of any insurance or condemnation proceeds 830 received by the district, of permanent improvements to respond 831 to the emergency need.
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832 (3) The procedures for the election shall be as provided 833 in section 133.18 of the Revised Code, except that:
school district treasurer.
834 (a) The form of the ballot shall describe the emergency 835 existing, refer to this division as the authority under which 836 the emergency is declared, and state that the amount of the 837 proposed securities exceeds the limitations prescribed by 838 division (B) of this section;
The report shall be submitted annually to the commission.
839 (b) The resolution required by division (B) of section 840 133.18 of the Revised Code shall be certified to the county 841 auditor and the board of elections at least one hundred days 842 prior to the election;
(b) If the facilities construction commission verifies that the certified annual reports submitted to the commission by a board of education under division (G)(4)(a) of this section fulfill the guarantee required under division (B) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code for three consecutive years, the board of education shall no longer be subject to the annual reporting requirements of division (G)(4)(a) of this section.
843 (c) The county auditor shall advise and, not later than 844 ninety-five days before the election, confirm that advice by 845 certification to, the board of education of the information 846 required by division (C) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code;
(5) So long as any securities issued under division (G)(2) of this section remain outstanding, the board of education shall monitor the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions pursuant to that division.
847 (d) The board of education shall then certify its 848 resolution and the information required by division (D) of 849 section 133.18 of the Revised Code to the board of elections not 850 less than ninety days prior to the election.
The board shall maintain and annually update a report in a form and manner prescribed by the facilities construction commission documenting the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions, the associated environmental impact, and return on investment.
851 (4) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 133.21 of the 852 Revised Code, the first principal payment of securities issued 853 under this division may be set at any date not later than sixty 854 Sub.
The resultant fuel and operational and maintenance cost savings shall be certified by the school district treasurer.
The report shall be submitted annually to the commission.
(H) With the consent of the director of education and workforce, a school district may incur without a vote of the electors net indebtedness that exceeds the amounts stated in divisions (A) and (G) of this section for the purpose of paying costs of permanent improvements, if and to the extent that both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The fiscal officer of the school district estimates that receipts of the school district from payments made under or pursuant to agreements entered into pursuant to section 725.02, 1728.10, 3735.671, 5709.081, 5709.082, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.57, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78, or 5709.82 of the Revised Code, or distributions under division (C) of section 5709.43 or division (B) of section 5709.47 of the Revised Code, or any combination thereof, are, after accounting for any appropriate coverage requirements, sufficient in time and amount, and are committed by the proceedings, to pay the debt charges on the securities issued to evidence that indebtedness and payable from those receipts, and the taxing authority of the district confirms the fiscal officer's estimate, which confirmation is approved by the director of education and workforce;
(2) The fiscal officer of the school district certifies, and the taxing authority of the district confirms, that the district, at the time of the certification and confirmation, reasonably expects to have sufficient revenue available for the purpose of operating such permanent improvements for their intended purpose upon acquisition or completion thereof, and the director of education and workforce approves the taxing authority's confirmation.
The maximum maturity of securities issued under division (H) of this section shall be the lesser of twenty years or the maximum maturity calculated under section 133.20 of the Revised Code.
(I) A school district may incur net indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in excess of the limit specified in division (B) or (C) of this section when necessary to raise the school district portion of the basic project cost and any additional funds necessary to participate in a project under Chapter 3318.
of the Revised Code, including the Sub.
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856 (G)(1) The board of education may contract with an 857 architect, professional engineer, or other person experienced in 858 the design and implementation of energy conservation measures 859 for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to installations, 860 modifications of installations, or remodeling that would 861 significantly reduce energy consumption in buildings owned by 862 the district.
cost of items designated by the facilities construction commission as required locally funded initiatives, the cost of other locally funded initiatives in an amount that does not exceed fifty per cent of the district's portion of the basic project cost, and the cost for site acquisition.
The report shall include estimates of all costs of 863 such installations, modifications, or remodeling, including 864 costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance, 865 repairs, measurement and verification of energy savings, and 866 debt service, forgone residual value of materials or equipment 867 replaced by the energy conservation measure, as defined by the 868 Ohio facilities construction commission, a baseline analysis of 869 actual energy consumption data for the preceding three years 870 with the utility baseline based on only the actual energy 871 consumption data for the preceding twelve months, and estimates 872 of the amounts by which energy consumption and resultant 873 operational and maintenance costs, as defined by the commission, 874 would be reduced.
A school district shall notify the director of education and workforce whenever that district will exceed either limit pursuant to this division.
875 If the board finds after receiving the report that the 876 amount of money the district would spend on such installations, 877 modifications, or remodeling is not likely to exceed the amount 878 of money it would save in energy and resultant operational and 879 maintenance costs over the ensuing fifteen years, the board may 880 submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request 881 for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the making or 882 modification of installations or the remodeling of buildings for 883 the purpose of significantly reducing energy consumption.
(J) A school district whose portion of the basic project cost of its classroom facilities project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code is greater than or equal to one hundred million dollars may incur without a vote of the electors net indebtedness in an amount up to two per cent of its tax valuation through the issuance of general obligation securities in order to generate all or part of the amount of its portion of the basic project cost if the controlling board has approved the facilities construction commission's conditional approval of the project under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code.
884 Sub.
The school district board and the Ohio facilities construction commission shall include the dedication of the proceeds of such securities in the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code.
No state moneys shall be released for a project to which this section applies until the proceeds of any bonds issued under this section that are dedicated for the payment of the school district portion of the project are first deposited into the school district's project construction fund.
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135.142.
(A) In addition to the investments authorized by section 135.14 of the Revised Code, any board of education, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may authorize the treasurer of the board of education to invest up to forty per cent of the interim moneys of the board, available for investment at any one time, in either of the following:
(1) Commercial paper notes issued by any entity that is defined in division (K) of section 1706.01 of the Revised Code and has assets exceeding five hundred million dollars, and to which notes all of the following apply:
(a) The notes are rated at the time of purchase in the highest classification established by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.
(b) The aggregate value of the notes does not exceed ten per cent of the aggregate value of the outstanding commercial paper of the issuing corporation.
(c) The notes mature no later than two hundred seventy days after purchase.
(d) The investment in commercial paper notes of a single issuer shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of interim moneys of the board available for investment at the time of purchase.
(2) Bankers' acceptances of banks that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation and that mature no later than one hundred eighty days after purchase.
(B) No investment authorized pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be made, whether or not authorized by a board of education, unless the treasurer of the board of education has completed additional training for making the types of investments authorized pursuant to division (A) of this section.
The type and amount of such training shall be approved and may be conducted Sub.
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891 No district board of education of a school district that 892 is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of 893 section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request 894 without submitting evidence that the installations, 895 modifications, or remodeling have been approved by the 896 district's financial planning and supervision commission 897 established under section 3316.05 of the Revised Code.
by or provided under the supervision of the treasurer of state.
898 No board of education of a school district for which an 899 academic distress commission has been established under section 900 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first 901 receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's 902 academic distress commission established under that section, for 903 so long as such commission continues to be required for the 904 district.
(C) The treasurer of the board of education shall prepare annually and submit to the board of education, the director of education and workforce, and the auditor of state, on or before the thirty- first day of August, a report listing each investment made pursuant to division (A) of this section during the preceding fiscal year, income earned from such investments, fees and commissions paid pursuant to division (D) of this section, and any other information required by the board, the director, and the auditor of state.
905 (2) The board of education may contract with a person 906 experienced in the implementation of student transportation to 907 produce a report that includes an analysis of and 908 recommendations for the use of alternative fuel vehicles by 909 school districts.
(D) A board of education may make appropriations and expenditures for fees and commissions in connection with investments made pursuant to division (A) of this section.
The report shall include cost estimates 910 detailing the return on investment over the life of the 911 alternative fuel vehicles and environmental impact of 912 alternative fuel vehicles.
(E)(1) In addition to the investments authorized by section 135.14 of the Revised Code and division (A) of this section, any board of education that is a party to an agreement with the treasurer of state pursuant to division (G) of section 135.143 of the Revised Code and that has outstanding obligations issued under authority of section 133.10 of the Revised Code may authorize the treasurer of the board of education to invest interim moneys of the board in debt interests rated in either of the two highest rating classifications by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and issued by entities that are defined in division (K) of section 1706.01 of the Revised Code.
The report also shall include 913 estimates of all costs associated with alternative fuel 914 Sub.
The debt interests purchased under authority of division (E) of this section shall mature not later than the latest maturity date of the outstanding obligations issued under authority of section 133.10 or 133.301 of the Revised Code.
(2) If any of the debt interests acquired under division (E)(1) of this section ceases to be rated as there required, its issuer shall notify the treasurer of state of this fact within twenty-four hours.
At any time thereafter the treasurer of state may require collateralization at the rate of one hundred two per cent of any remaining obligation of the entity, with securities authorized for investment under section 135.143 of the Revised Code.
The collateral shall be delivered to and held by a custodian acceptable to the treasurer of state, marked to market daily, and any default to be cured within twelve hours.
Unlimited substitution shall be allowed of comparable securities.
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(A) The treasurer of state may invest or execute transactions for any part or all of the interim funds of the state in the following classifications of obligations:
(1) United States treasury bills, notes, bonds, or any other obligations or securities issued by the United States treasury or any other obligation guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States;
(2) Bonds, notes, debentures, or any other obligations or securities issued by any federal government agency or instrumentality;
(3)(a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of the state of Ohio, including, but not limited to, any obligations issued by the treasurer of state, the Ohio public facilities commission, the Ohio housing finance agency, the Ohio water development authority, the Ohio turnpike infrastructure commission, the Ohio higher educational facility commission, and state institutions of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code;
Sub.
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916 If the board finds after receiving the report that the 917 amount of money the district would spend on purchasing 918 alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversion is not likely to 919 exceed the amount of money it would save in fuel and resultant 920 operational and maintenance costs over the ensuing five years, 921 the board may submit to the commission a copy of its findings 922 and a request for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the 923 purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions 924 for the purpose of reducing fuel costs.
(b) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of any state or political subdivision thereof rated in the three highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization and purchased through a registered securities broker or dealer, provided the treasurer of state is not the sole purchaser of the bonds, notes, or other obligations at original issuance.
925 The facilities construction commission, in consultation 926 with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G) 927 (2) of this section by the board of education of any school 928 district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division 929 (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines 930 that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the 931 school district.
(4)(a) Written repurchase agreements with any eligible Ohio financial institution that is a member of the federal reserve system or federal home loan bank, any registered United States government securities dealer, or any counterparty rated in one of the three highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or otherwise determined by the treasurer of state to have adequate capital and liquidity, under the terms of which agreement the treasurer of state purchases and the eligible financial institution, dealer, or counterparty agrees unconditionally to repurchase any of the securities that are listed in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (6), or (11) of this section.
932 No district board of education of a school district that 933 is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of 934 section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request 935 without submitting evidence that the purchase or conversion of 936 alternative fuel vehicles has been approved by the district's 937 financial planning and supervision commission established under 938 section 3316.05 of the Revised Code.
The market value of securities subject to these transactions must exceed the principal value of the repurchase agreement by an amount specified by the treasurer of state, and the securities must be delivered into the custody of the treasurer of state or the qualified trustee or agent designated by the treasurer of state.
939 No board of education of a school district for which an 940 academic distress commission has been established under section 941 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first 942 receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's 943 academic distress commission established under that section, for 944 Sub.
The agreement shall contain the requirement that for each transaction pursuant to the agreement, the participating institution, dealer, or counterparty shall provide all of the following information:
(i) The par value of the securities;
(ii) The type, rate, and maturity date of the securities;
(iii) A numerical identifier generally accepted in the securities industry that designates the securities.
(b) The treasurer of state also may sell any securities, listed in division (A)(1), (2), (6), or (11) of this section, regardless of maturity or time of redemption of the securities, under the same terms and conditions for repurchase, provided that the securities have been fully paid for and are owned by the treasurer of state at the time of the sale.
(c) For purposes of division (A)(4) of this section, the treasurer of state shall only buy or sell securities listed in division (A)(11) of this section issued by entities that are organized under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States.
(5) Securities lending agreements with any eligible financial institution that is a member of the federal reserve system or federal home loan bank or any recognized United States government securities dealer, under the terms of which agreements the treasurer of state lends securities and the eligible financial institution or dealer agrees to simultaneously exchange similar securities or cash, equal value for equal value.
Securities and cash received as collateral for a securities lending agreement are not interim funds of the state.
The investment of cash collateral received pursuant to a securities lending agreement may be invested only in such instruments specified by the treasurer of state in accordance with a written investment policy.
(6) Various forms of commercial paper issued by any entity that is organized under the laws Sub.
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946 (3) The facilities construction commission shall approve 947 the board's request provided that the following conditions are 948 satisfied:
of the United States or a state, which notes are rated in the two highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, provided that the total amount invested under this section in any commercial paper at any time shall not exceed forty per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state;
949 (a) The commission determines that the board's findings 950 are reasonable.
(7) Bankers acceptances, maturing in two hundred seventy days or less, provided that the total amount invested in bankers acceptances at any time shall not exceed ten per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state;
951 (b) The request for approval is complete.
(8) Certificates of deposit, savings accounts, or deposit accounts in eligible institutions applying for interim moneys as provided in section 135.08 of the Revised Code, including linked deposits as authorized under section 135.61 of the Revised Code.
952 (c) If the request was submitted under division (G)(1) of 953 this section, the installations, modifications, or remodeling 954 are consistent with any project to construct or acquire 955 classroom facilities, or to reconstruct or make additions to 956 existing classroom facilities under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 957 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code.
For interim funds invested in accordance with division (A)(8) of this section, the pledging requirements described in section 135.18, 135.181, or 135.182 of the Revised Code may be reduced by up to ten per cent in accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state.
958 Upon receipt of the commission's approval, the district 959 may issue securities without a vote of the electors in a 960 principal amount not to exceed nine-tenths of one per cent of 961 its tax valuation for the purpose specified in division (G)(1) 962 or (2) of this section, but the total net indebtedness of the 963 district without a vote of the electors incurred under this and 964 all other sections of the Revised Code, except section 3318.052 965 of the Revised Code, shall not exceed one per cent of the 966 district's tax valuation.
(9) Negotiable certificates of deposit denominated in United States dollars issued by a nationally or state-chartered bank, a savings association or a federal savings association, a state or federal credit union, or a federally licensed or state-licensed branch of a foreign bank, which are rated in the two highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, provided that the total amount invested under this section in negotiable certificates of deposit at any time shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state.
967 (4)(a) So long as any securities issued under division (G) 968 (1) of this section remain outstanding, the board of education 969 shall monitor the energy consumption and resultant operational 970 and maintenance costs of buildings in which installations or 971 modifications have been made or remodeling has been done 972 pursuant to that division.
Interim funds invested in accordance with division (A)(9) of this section are not limited to institutions applying for interim moneys under section 135.08 of the Revised Code, nor are they subject to any pledging requirements described in sections 135.18, 135.181, or 135.182 of the Revised Code.
Except as provided in division (G)(4) 973 Sub.
(10) The state treasurer's investment pool authorized under section 135.45 of the Revised Code;
(11) Debt interests, other than commercial paper described in division (A)(6) of this section, rated in the four highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and issued by entities that are organized under the laws of the United States or a state, or issued by foreign nations diplomatically recognized by the United States government, or any instrument based on, derived from, or related to such interests, provided that:
(a) The investments in debt interests other than commercial paper, when added to the investment in written repurchase agreements for securities listed in division (A)(3) or (11) of this section, shall not exceed in the aggregate twenty-five per cent of the state's portfolio.
(b) The investments in debt interests rated in the fourth highest category shall not exceed in the aggregate ten per cent of the state's portfolio.
(c) The investments in debt interests issued by foreign nations shall not exceed in the aggregate two per cent of the state's portfolio.
The treasurer of state shall invest under division (A)(11) of this section in a debt interest Sub.
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The resultant operational and maintenance cost 979 savings shall be certified by the school district treasurer.
issued by a foreign nation only if the debt interest is backed by the full faith and credit of that foreign nation, and provided that all interest and principal shall be denominated and payable in United States funds.
The 980 report shall be submitted annually to the commission.
(d) When added to the investment in commercial paper and negotiable certificates of deposit, the investments in the debt interests of a single issuer shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of the state's portfolio.
981 (b) If the facilities construction commission verifies 982 that the certified annual reports submitted to the commission by 983 a board of education under division (G)(4)(a) of this section 984 fulfill the guarantee required under division (B) of section 985 3313.372 of the Revised Code for three consecutive years, the 986 board of education shall no longer be subject to the annual 987 reporting requirements of division (G)(4)(a) of this section.
(e) For purposes of division (A)(11) of this section, a debt interest is rated in the four highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations if either the debt interest itself or the issuer of the debt interest is rated, or is implicitly rated, in the four highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.
988 (5) So long as any securities issued under division (G)(2) 989 of this section remain outstanding, the board of education shall 990 monitor the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle 991 conversions pursuant to that division.
(f) For purposes of division (A)(11) of this section, the "state's portfolio" means the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state.
The board shall maintain 992 and annually update a report in a form and manner prescribed by 993 the facilities construction commission documenting the purchase 994 of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions, the 995 associated environmental impact, and return on investment.
(12) No-load money market mutual funds rated in the highest category by one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or consisting exclusively of obligations described in division (A)(1), (2), or (6) of this section and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations;
The 996 resultant fuel and operational and maintenance cost savings 997 shall be certified by the school district treasurer.
(13) Obligations issued by, or on behalf of, an Ohio political subdivision under Chapter 133.
The report 998 shall be submitted annually to the commission.
of the Revised Code or Section 12 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, and identified in an agreement described in division (G) of this section;
999 (H) With the consent of the director of education and 1000 workforce, a school district may incur without a vote of the 1001 electors net indebtedness that exceeds the amounts stated in 1002 divisions (A) and (G) of this section for the purpose of paying 1003 Sub.
(14) Obligations issued by the state of Ohio, any political subdivision thereof, or by or on behalf of any nonprofit corporation or association doing business in this state rated in the four highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization and identified in an agreement described in division (K) of this section.
(B)(1) On or before the tenth day of each month, the treasurer of state shall notify the state board of deposit that the following reports pertaining to the immediately preceding month have been posted to the web site maintained by the treasurer of state:
(a) The daily ledger report of state funds prepared in accordance with section 113.13 of the Revised Code;
(b) The monthly portfolio report detailing the current inventory of all investments and deposits held within the classification of interim moneys;
(c) The monthly activity report within the classification of interim moneys summarized by type of investment or deposit.
(2) In the event the state board of deposit does not concur in such classification or in the investments or deposits made under this section, subject to division (B)(3) of this section, the board may order the treasurer of state to sell or liquidate any of the investments or deposits, and any such order shall specifically describe the investments or deposits and fix the date upon which they are to be sold or liquidated.
Investments or deposits so ordered to be sold or liquidated shall be sold or liquidated for cash by the treasurer of state on the date fixed in such order at the then current market price.
Neither the treasurer of state nor the members of the state board of deposit shall be held Sub.
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1005 (1) The fiscal officer of the school district estimates 1006 that receipts of the school district from payments made under or 1007 pursuant to agreements entered into pursuant to section 725.02, 1008 1728.10, 3735.671, 5709.081, 5709.082, 5709.40, 5709.41, 1009 5709.45, 5709.57, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78, 1010 or 5709.82 of the Revised Code, or distributions under division 1011 (C) of section 5709.43 or division (B) of section 5709.47 of the 1012 Revised Code, or any combination thereof, are, after accounting 1013 for any appropriate coverage requirements, sufficient in time 1014 and amount, and are committed by the proceedings, to pay the 1015 debt charges on the securities issued to evidence that 1016 indebtedness and payable from those receipts, and the taxing 1017 authority of the district confirms the fiscal officer's 1018 estimate, which confirmation is approved by the director of 1019 education and workforce;
accountable for any loss occasioned by sales or liquidations of investments or deposits at prices lower than their cost.
1020 (2) The fiscal officer of the school district certifies, 1021 and the taxing authority of the district confirms, that the 1022 district, at the time of the certification and confirmation, 1023 reasonably expects to have sufficient revenue available for the 1024 purpose of operating such permanent improvements for their 1025 intended purpose upon acquisition or completion thereof, and the 1026 director of education and workforce approves the taxing 1027 authority's confirmation.
Any loss or expense incurred in making these sales or liquidations is payable as other expenses of the treasurer's office.
1028 The maximum maturity of securities issued under division 1029 (H) of this section shall be the lesser of twenty years or the 1030 maximum maturity calculated under section 133.20 of the Revised 1031 Code.
(3) Unless expressly authorized by the laws of this state, the state board of deposit shall not order the treasurer of state to sell or liquidate investments or deposits with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy.
1032 (I) A school district may incur net indebtedness by the 1033 Sub.
(C) If any securities or obligations invested in by the treasurer of state pursuant to this section are registrable either as to principal or interest, or both, such securities or obligations shall be registered in the name of the treasurer of state.
(D) The treasurer of state is responsible for the safekeeping of all securities or obligations under this section.
Any such securities or obligations may be deposited for safekeeping as provided in section 113.05 of the Revised Code.
(E) Interest earned on any investments or deposits authorized by this section shall be collected by the treasurer of state and credited by the treasurer of state to the proper fund of the state.
(F) Whenever investments or deposits acquired under this section mature and become due and payable, the treasurer of state shall present them for payment according to their tenor, and shall collect the moneys payable thereon.
The moneys so collected shall be treated as public moneys subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code.
(G) The treasurer of state and any entity issuing obligations referred to in division (A)(13) of this section, which obligations mature within one year from the original date of issuance, may enter into an agreement providing for:
(1) The purchase of those obligations by the treasurer of state on terms and subject to conditions set forth in the agreement;
(2) The payment to the treasurer of state of a reasonable fee as consideration for the agreement of the treasurer of state to purchase those obligations;
provided, however, that the treasurer of state shall not be authorized to enter into any such agreement with a board of education of a school district that has an outstanding obligation with respect to a loan received under authority of section 3313.483 of the Revised Code.
(H) For purposes of division (G) of this section, a fee shall not be considered reasonable unless it is set to recover only the direct costs, a reasonable estimate of the indirect costs associated with the purchasing of obligations under division (G) of this section and any reselling of the obligations or any interest in the obligations, including interests in a fund comprised of the obligations, and the administration thereof.
No money from the general revenue fund shall be used to subsidize the purchase or resale of these obligations.
(I) All money collected by the treasurer of state from the fee imposed by division (G) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state political subdivision obligations fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury.
Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the treasurer of state's direct and indirect costs associated with purchasing and reselling obligations Sub.
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of the 1038 Revised Code, including the cost of items designated by the 1039 facilities construction commission as required locally funded 1040 initiatives, the cost of other locally funded initiatives in an 1041 amount that does not exceed fifty per cent of the district's 1042 portion of the basic project cost, and the cost for site 1043 acquisition.
under division (G) of this section.
A school district shall notify the director of 1044 education and workforce whenever that district will exceed 1045 either limit pursuant to this division.
(J) As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state.
1046 (J) A school district whose portion of the basic project 1047 cost of its classroom facilities project under sections 3318.01 1048 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code is greater than or equal to one 1049 hundred million dollars may incur without a vote of the electors 1050 net indebtedness in an amount up to two per cent of its tax 1051 valuation through the issuance of general obligation securities 1052 in order to generate all or part of the amount of its portion of 1053 the basic project cost if the controlling board has approved the 1054 facilities construction commission's conditional approval of the 1055 project under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code.
(K)(1) The treasurer of state and any entity issuing obligations referred to in division (A)(14) of this section, which obligations require a conditional liquidity requirement, may enter into an agreement providing for the following:
The school 1056 district board and the Ohio facilities construction commission 1057 shall include the dedication of the proceeds of such securities 1058 in the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the 1059 Revised Code.
(a) The purchase of the obligations by the treasurer of state on terms and subject to conditions set forth in the agreement;
No state moneys shall be released for a project to 1060 which this section applies until the proceeds of any bonds 1061 issued under this section that are dedicated for the payment of 1062 the school district portion of the project are first deposited 1063 into the school district's project construction fund.
(b) Payment to the treasurer of state of a fee as consideration for the agreement of the treasurer of state to purchase the obligations.
1064 Sub.
(2) The treasurer of state shall not enter into agreements under division (K)(1) of this section for obligations that, in the aggregate, exceed ten per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state.
(3) For purposes of division (A)(14) of this section, an obligation is rated in the four highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization if either the debt interest itself or the obligor of the debt interest is rated in the four highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
(4) All money collected by the treasurer of state from the fee imposed by division (K) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state securities tender program fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury.
The amount of income from the state securities tender program credited to the state securities tender program fund shall not exceed one per cent of the average par value of obligations subject to agreements under division (K)(1) of this section.
All other such income shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
The treasurer of state may use the state securities tender program fund solely for operations of the office of the treasurer of state.
(L)(1) The treasurer of state and a state university or college issuing obligations under section 3345.12 of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement providing for the following:
(a) The purchase of those obligations by the treasurer of state pursuant to division (A)(3)(a) of this section on terms and subject to conditions set forth in the agreement;
(b) The department of higher education to withhold, in the event the state university or college does not pay bond service charges on the obligations when due, appropriated funds allocated to the state university or college in an amount sufficient to pay bond service charges on the obligations, less any amounts deposited for that purpose under the bond proceedings.
Upon the request of the treasurer of state, the department of higher education shall promptly pay to the treasurer of state the amounts withheld.
(2) For purposes of division (L)(1) of this section, "obligations," "state university or college," "bond service charges," and "bond proceedings" have the same meanings as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.
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135.142.
(M) Unless expressly authorized by the laws of this state, the treasurer of state shall not do either of the following:
(A) In addition to the investments 1065 authorized by section 135.14 of the Revised Code, any board of 1066 education, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may authorize 1067 the treasurer of the board of education to invest up to forty 1068 per cent of the interim moneys of the board, available for 1069 investment at any one time, in either of the following:
(1) Make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy;
1070 (1) Commercial paper notes issued by any entity that is 1071 defined in division (K) of section 1706.01 of the Revised Code 1072 and has assets exceeding five hundred million dollars, and to 1073 which notes all of the following apply:
(2) Permit any person or entity to which the treasurer of state delegates the management of the investment of state money to make investment decisions with state money with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy.
1074 (a) The notes are rated at the time of purchase in the 1075 highest classification established by at least two nationally 1076 recognized statistical rating organizations.
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1077 (b) The aggregate value of the notes does not exceed ten 1078 per cent of the aggregate value of the outstanding commercial 1079 paper of the issuing corporation.
149.41.
1080 (c) The notes mature no later than two hundred seventy 1081 days after purchase.
There is hereby created in each city, local, joint vocational, and exempted village school district a school district records commission, and in each educational service center an educational service center records commission.
1082 (d) The investment in commercial paper notes of a single 1083 issuer shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of 1084 interim moneys of the board available for investment at the time 1085 of purchase.
Each records commission shall be composed of the president, the treasurer of the board of education or governing board of the educational service center, and the superintendent of schools in each such district or educational service center, or their designees.
1086 (2) Bankers' acceptances of banks that are insured by the 1087 federal deposit insurance corporation and that mature no later 1088 than one hundred eighty days after purchase.
The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months.
1089 (B) No investment authorized pursuant to division (A) of 1090 this section shall be made, whether or not authorized by a board 1091 of education, unless the treasurer of the board of education has 1092 completed additional training for making the types of 1093 Sub.
The function of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the school district or educational service center.
The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code.
The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
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2151.354.
(A) If the child is adjudicated an unruly child, the court may:
(1) Make any of the dispositions authorized under section 2151.353 of the Revised Code;
(2) Place the child on community control under any sanctions, services, and conditions that the court prescribes, as described in division (A)(4) of section 2152.19 of the Revised Code, provided that, if the court imposes a period of community service upon the child, the period of community service shall not exceed one hundred seventy-five hours;
(3) Suspend the driver's license, probationary driver's license, or temporary instruction permit issued to the child for a period of time prescribed by the court and suspend the registration of all motor vehicles registered in the name of the child for a period of time prescribed by the court.
A child whose license or permit is so suspended is ineligible for issuance of a license or permit during the period of suspension.
At the end of the period of suspension, the child shall not be reissued a license or permit until the child has paid any applicable reinstatement fee and complied with all requirements governing license reinstatement.
(4) Commit the child to the temporary or permanent custody of the court;
(5) Make any further disposition the court finds proper that is consistent with sections 2151.312 and 2151.56 to 2151.59 of the Revised Code;
(6) If, after making a disposition under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the court finds upon further hearing that the child is not amenable to treatment or rehabilitation under that disposition, make a disposition otherwise authorized under divisions (A)(1), (4), (5), and (8) of Sub.
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1094 The type and amount of such training shall be approved and may 1095 be conducted by or provided under the supervision of the 1096 treasurer of state.
section 2152.19 of the Revised Code that is consistent with sections 2151.312 and 2151.56 to 2151.59 of the Revised Code.
1097 (C) The treasurer of the board of education shall prepare 1098 annually and submit to the board of education, the director of 1099 education and workforce, and the auditor of state, on or before 1100 the thirty-first day of August, a report listing each investment 1101 made pursuant to division (A) of this section during the 1102 preceding fiscal year, income earned from such investments, fees 1103 and commissions paid pursuant to division (D) of this section, 1104 and any other information required by the board, the director, 1105 and the auditor of state.
(B) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for committing any act that, if committed by an adult, would be a drug abuse offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of division (B) of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code, in addition to imposing, in its discretion, any other order of disposition authorized by this section, the court shall do both of the following:
1106 (D) A board of education may make appropriations and 1107 expenditures for fees and commissions in connection with 1108 investments made pursuant to division (A) of this section.
(1) Require the child to participate in a drug abuse or alcohol abuse counseling program;
1109 (E)(1) In addition to the investments authorized by 1110 section 135.14 of the Revised Code and division (A) of this 1111 section, any board of education that is a party to an agreement 1112 with the treasurer of state pursuant to division (G) of section 1113 135.143 of the Revised Code and that has outstanding obligations 1114 issued under authority of section 133.10 of the Revised Code may 1115 authorize the treasurer of the board of education to invest 1116 interim moneys of the board in debt interests rated in either of 1117 the two highest rating classifications by at least two 1118 nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and 1119 issued by entities that are defined in division (K) of section 1120 1706.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) Suspend the temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license issued to the child for a period of time prescribed by the court.
The debt interests purchased under 1121 authority of division (E) of this section shall mature not later 1122 than the latest maturity date of the outstanding obligations 1123 Sub.
The court, in its discretion, may terminate the suspension if the child attends and satisfactorily completes a drug abuse or alcohol abuse education, intervention, or treatment program specified by the court.
During the time the child is attending a program as described in this division, the court shall retain the child's temporary instruction permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license, and the court shall return the permit or license if it terminates the suspension.
(C)(1) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant, in addition to or in lieu of imposing any other order of disposition authorized by this section, the court may do any of the following:
(a) Order the board of education of the child's school district or the governing board of the educational service center in the child's school district to require the child to attend an alternative school if an alternative school has been established pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code in the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school;
(b) Require the child to participate in any academic program or community service program;
(c) Require the child to participate in a drug abuse or alcohol abuse counseling program;
(d) Require that the child receive appropriate medical or psychological treatment or counseling;
(e) Maintain jurisdiction over the child during the subsequent school year for the purpose of monitoring the child's attendance;
(f) Make any other order that the court finds proper to address the child's habitual truancy, including an order requiring the child to not be absent without legitimate excuse from the public school the child is supposed to attend for thirty or more consecutive hours, forty-two or more hours in one school month, or seventy-two or more hours in a school year and including an order requiring the child to participate in a truancy prevention mediation program.
(2) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant and the court determines that the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child has failed to cause the child's attendance at school in violation of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code, in addition to any order of disposition authorized by this section, all of the following apply:
(a) The court may require the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child to Sub.
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1125 (2) If any of the debt interests acquired under division 1126 (E)(1) of this section ceases to be rated as there required, its 1127 issuer shall notify the treasurer of state of this fact within 1128 twenty-four hours.
participate in any community service program, preferably a community service program that requires the involvement of the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child in the school attended by the child.
At any time thereafter the treasurer of state 1129 may require collateralization at the rate of one hundred two per 1130 cent of any remaining obligation of the entity, with securities 1131 authorized for investment under section 135.143 of the Revised 1132 Code.
(b) The court may require the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child to participate in a truancy prevention mediation program.
The collateral shall be delivered to and held by a 1133 custodian acceptable to the treasurer of state, marked to market 1134 daily, and any default to be cured within twelve hours.
(c) The court shall warn the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child that any subsequent adjudication of the child as an unruly or delinquent child for being an habitual truant or for violating a court order regarding the child's prior adjudication as an unruly child for being an habitual truant, may result in a criminal charge against the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child for a violation of division (C) of section 2919.21 or section 2919.24 of the Revised Code.
1135 Unlimited substitution shall be allowed of comparable 1136 securities.
(d) Not later than ten days after a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant, the court shall provide notice of that fact to the school district in which the child is entitled to attend school and to the school in which the child was enrolled at the time of the filing of the complaint.
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Sec.
135.143.
2152.19.
(A) The treasurer of state may invest or 1138 execute transactions for any part or all of the interim funds of 1139 the state in the following classifications of obligations:
(A) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition, in addition to any other disposition authorized or required by this chapter:
1140 (1) United States treasury bills, notes, bonds, or any 1141 other obligations or securities issued by the United States 1142 treasury or any other obligation guaranteed as to principal and 1143 interest by the United States;
(1) Any order that is authorized by section 2151.353 of the Revised Code for the care and protection of an abused, neglected, or dependent child;
1144 (2) Bonds, notes, debentures, or any other obligations or 1145 securities issued by any federal government agency or 1146 instrumentality;
(2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of any school, camp, institution, or other facility operated for the care of delinquent children by the county, by a district organized under section 2152.41 or 2151.65 of the Revised Code, or by a private agency or organization, within or without the state, that is authorized and qualified to provide the care, treatment, or placement required, including, but not limited to, a school, camp, or facility operated under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code;
1147 (3)(a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of the state of 1148 Ohio, including, but not limited to, any obligations issued by 1149 the treasurer of state, the Ohio public facilities commission, 1150 the Ohio housing finance agency, the Ohio water development 1151 authority, the Ohio turnpike infrastructure commission, the Ohio 1152 Sub.
(3) Place the child in a detention facility or district detention facility operated under section 2152.41 of the Revised Code, for up to ninety days;
(4) Place the child on community control under any sanctions, services, and conditions that the court prescribes.
As a condition of community control in every case and in addition to any other condition that it imposes upon the child, the court shall require the child to abide by the law during the period of community control.
As referred to in this division, community control includes, but is not limited to, the following sanctions and conditions:
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Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7000
Democratic 4000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio Democratic Yea
Joseph A. Miller, III Democratic Yea
Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sean P. Brennan Democratic Yea
Adam C. Bird Republican Yea
Gary Click Republican Yea
Jim Thomas Republican Yea
Johnathan Newman Republican Yea
Marilyn John Republican Yea
Mike Odioso Republican Yea
Sarah Fowler Arthur Republican Yea

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Passed 24 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24000
Democratic 0900
Total 24900
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
Beth Liston Democratic Nay
Casey Weinstein Democratic Nay
Catherine D. Ingram Democratic Nay
Hearcel F. Craig Democratic Nay
Kent Smith Democratic Nay
Nickie J. Antonio Democratic Nay
Paula Hicks-Hudson Democratic Nay
William P. DeMora Democratic Nay
Willis E. Blackshear, Jr. Democratic Nay
Al Cutrona Republican Yea
Al Landis Republican Yea
Andrew O. Brenner Republican Yea
Bill Reineke Republican Yea
Brian M. Chavez Republican Yea
George F. Lang Republican Yea
Jane M. Timken Republican Yea
Jerry C. Cirino Republican Yea
Kristina D. Roegner Republican Yea
Kyle Koehler Republican Yea
Louis W. Blessing, III Republican Yea
Mark Romanchuk Republican Yea
Michele Reynolds Republican Yea
Nathan H. Manning Republican Yea
Rob McColley Republican Yea
Sandra O'Brien Republican Yea
Shane Wilkin Republican Yea
Stephen A. Huffman Republican Yea
Steve Wilson Republican Yea
Susan Manchester Republican Yea
Terry Johnson Republican Yea
Theresa Gavarone Republican Yea
Thomas F. Patton Republican Yea
Tim Schaffer Republican Yea

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Passed 63 Yea · 31 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 60300
Democratic 32800
Total 633100
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (94)
Member Party Vote
Anita Somani Democratic Nay
Ashley Bryant Bailey Democratic Nay
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio Democratic Nay
Bride Rose Sweeney Democratic Nay
C. Allison Russo Democratic Nay
Cecil Thomas Democratic Nay
Chris Glassburn Democratic Yea
Christine Cockley Democratic Nay
Crystal Lett Democratic Nay
Dani Isaacsohn Democratic Nay
Daniel P. Troy Democratic Yea
Darnell T. Brewer Democratic Nay
Desiree Tims Democratic Nay
Dontavius L. Jarrells Democratic Nay
Elgin Rogers, Jr. Democratic Nay
Eric Synenberg Democratic Yea
Erika White Democratic Nay
Joseph A. Miller, III Democratic Nay
Juanita O. Brent Democratic Nay
Karen Brownlee Democratic Nay
Latyna M. Humphrey Democratic Nay
Lauren McNally Democratic Nay
Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe Democratic Nay
Michele Grim Democratic Nay
Munira Abdullahi Democratic Nay
Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. Democratic Nay
Rachel B. Baker Democratic Nay
Sean P. Brennan Democratic Nay
Terrence Upchurch Democratic Nay
Tristan Rader Democratic Nay
Veronica R. Sims Democratic Nay
Adam C. Bird Republican Yea
Adam Holmes Republican Yea
Adam Mathews Republican Yea
Andrea White Republican Yea
Angela N. King Republican Yea
Bernard Willis Republican Yea
Beth Lear Republican Yea
Bill Roemer Republican Yea
Bob Peterson Republican Yea
Brian Lampton Republican Yea
Brian Lorenz Republican Yea
Brian Stewart Republican Yea
Cindy Abrams Republican Yea
D. J. Swearingen Republican Yea
David Thomas Republican Yea
Gary Click Republican Yea
Gayle Manning Republican Yea
Haraz N. Ghanbari Republican Nay
Heidi Workman Republican Yea
Jack K. Daniels Republican Yea
James M. Hoops Republican Yea
Jamie Callender Republican Yea
Jason Stephens Republican Nay
Jeff LaRe Republican Yea
Jennifer Gross Republican Yea
Jim Thomas Republican Yea
Jodi Salvo Republican Yea
Johnathan Newman Republican Yea
Josh Williams Republican Yea
Justin Pizzulli Republican Yea
Kellie Deeter Republican Yea
Kevin D. Miller Republican Yea
Kevin Ritter Republican Yea
Levi Dean Republican Yea
Marilyn John Republican Yea
Mark Hiner Republican Yea
Mark Johnson Republican Yea
Matt Huffman Republican Yea
Matthew Kishman Republican Yea
Melanie Miller Republican Yea
Meredith Craig Republican Yea
Michael D. Dovilla Republican Yea
Michelle Teska Republican Yea
Mike Odioso Republican Yea
Monica Robb Blasdel Republican Yea
Nick Santucci Republican Yea
Phil Plummer Republican Yea
Riordan T. McClain Republican Yea
Rodney Creech Republican Yea
Ron Ferguson Republican Yea
Roy Klopfenstein Republican Yea
Sarah Fowler Arthur Republican Yea
Scott Oelslager Republican Nay
Sharon A. Ray Republican Yea
Steve Demetriou Republican Yea
Tex Fischer Republican Yea
Thaddeus J. Claggett Republican Yea
Thomas Hall Republican Yea
Tim Barhorst Republican Yea
Tom Young Republican Yea
Tracy M. Richardson Republican Yea
Ty D. Mathews Republican Yea
Ty Moore Republican Yea

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Passed

Passed 87 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27000
Republican 60000
Total 87000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (87)
Member Party Vote
Ashley Bryant Bailey Democratic Yea
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio Democratic Yea
Bride Rose Sweeney Democratic Yea
C. Allison Russo Democratic Yea
Cecil Thomas Democratic Yea
Chris Glassburn Democratic Yea
Dani Isaacsohn Democratic Yea
Daniel P. Troy Democratic Yea
Darnell T. Brewer Democratic Yea
Derrick Hall Democratic Yea
Desiree Tims Democratic Yea
Eric Synenberg Democratic Yea
Erika White Democratic Yea
Ismail Mohamed Democratic Yea
Joseph A. Miller, III Democratic Yea
Juanita O. Brent Democratic Yea
Karen Brownlee Democratic Yea
Latyna M. Humphrey Democratic Yea
Lauren McNally Democratic Yea
Mark Sigrist Democratic Yea
Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe Democratic Yea
Munira Abdullahi Democratic Yea
Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. Democratic Yea
Rachel B. Baker Democratic Yea
Sean P. Brennan Democratic Yea
Terrence Upchurch Democratic Yea
Veronica R. Sims Democratic Yea
Adam C. Bird Republican Yea
Adam Holmes Republican Yea
Adam Mathews Republican Yea
Andrea White Republican Yea
Angela N. King Republican Yea
Bill Roemer Republican Yea
Bob Peterson Republican Yea
Brian Lampton Republican Yea
Brian Lorenz Republican Yea
Brian Stewart Republican Yea
Cindy Abrams Republican Yea
D. J. Swearingen Republican Yea
David Thomas Republican Yea
Diane Mullins Republican Yea
Gary Click Republican Yea
Gayle Manning Republican Yea
Haraz N. Ghanbari Republican Yea
Heidi Workman Republican Yea
James M. Hoops Republican Yea
Jamie Callender Republican Yea
Jason Stephens Republican Yea
Jean Schmidt Republican Yea
Jeff LaRe Republican Yea
Jennifer Gross Republican Yea
Jim Thomas Republican Yea
Jodi Salvo Republican Yea
Johnathan Newman Republican Yea
Josh Williams Republican Yea
Justin Pizzulli Republican Yea
Kellie Deeter Republican Yea
Kevin D. Miller Republican Yea
Kevin Ritter Republican Yea
Levi Dean Republican Yea
Marilyn John Republican Yea
Mark Hiner Republican Yea
Mark Johnson Republican Yea
Matt Huffman Republican Yea
Matthew Kishman Republican Yea
Melanie Miller Republican Yea
Meredith Craig Republican Yea
Michael D. Dovilla Republican Yea
Michelle Teska Republican Yea
Mike Odioso Republican Yea
Monica Robb Blasdel Republican Yea
Nick Santucci Republican Yea
Phil Plummer Republican Yea
Riordan T. McClain Republican Yea
Rodney Creech Republican Yea
Roy Klopfenstein Republican Yea
Sarah Fowler Arthur Republican Yea
Scott Oelslager Republican Yea
Sharon A. Ray Republican Yea
Tex Fischer Republican Yea
Thaddeus J. Claggett Republican Yea
Thomas Hall Republican Yea
Tim Barhorst Republican Yea
Tom Young Republican Yea
Tracy M. Richardson Republican Yea
Ty D. Mathews Republican Yea
Ty Moore Republican Yea

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Reported

Failed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7000
Democratic 4000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio Democratic Yea
Joseph A. Miller, III Democratic Yea
Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sean P. Brennan Democratic Yea
Adam C. Bird Republican Yea
Gary Click Republican Yea
Jim Thomas Republican Yea
Johnathan Newman Republican Yea
Marilyn John Republican Yea
Mike Odioso Republican Yea
Sarah Fowler Arthur Republican Yea

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What does HB 455 do?
To amend sections 109.57, 109.803, 124.011, 135.142, 149.41, 2915.092, 2921.44, 3301.07, 3301.079, 3301.0710, 3301.0711, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.0716, 3301.0730, 3301.111, 3301.12, 3301.16, 3301.45, 3301.52, 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.034, 3302.035, 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.07, 3302.10, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 3302.17, 3302.21, 3302.41, 3307.01, 3309.01, 3309.011, 3310.03, 3310.14, 3310.522, 3311.741, 3311.80, 3313.11, 3313.411, 3313.413, 3313.473, 3313.603, 3313.6026, 3313.6028, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.614, 3313.618, 3313.6110, 3313.6111, 3313.6112, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3313.64, 3313.661, 3313.663, 3313.664, 3313.6611, 3313.7112, 3313.7118, 3313.753, 3313.813, 3313.814, 3313.976, 3314.016, 3314.017, 3314.02, 3314.031, 3314.032, 3314.034, 3314.08, 3314.18, 3314.35, 3314.351, 3314.353, 3314.50, 3317.02, 3317.03, 3317.25, 3319.31, 3319.311, 3319.319, 3319.393, 3319.40, 3320.02, 3320.03, 3325.08, 3326.11, 3327.014, 3333.041, 3333.048, 3333.301, 3345.061, 3365.01, 3365.032, 3365.07, 3728.01, 3737.07, 3781.106, 3792.04, 4117.01, 4723.483, 4723.4811, 4729.01, 4729.513, 4729.541, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4731.92, 4731.96, 5104.53, 5502.262, 5753.11, and 6109.121 and to repeal sections 3301.28, 3301.68, 3302.032, 3302.036, 3302.042, 3302.06, 3302.061, 3302.062, 3302.063, 3302.064, 3302.065, 3302.066, 3302.067, 3302.068, 3313.615, 3313.6410, 3313.6412, 3314.025, 3314.26, 3314.262, 3314.354, 3318.60, 3318.61, 3318.62, 3328.01, 3328.02, 3328.03, 3328.04, 3328.11, 3328.12, 3328.13, 3328.14, 3328.15, 3328.16, 3328.17, 3328.18, 3328.19, 3328.191, 3328.192, 3328.193, 3328.20, 3328.21, 3328.22, 3328.23, 3328.24, 3328.241, 3328.25, 3328.26, 3328.27, 3328.29, 3328.30, 3328.31, 3328.32, 3328.34, 3328.35, 3328.36, 3328.37, 3328.38, 3328.41, 3328.45, 3328.50, 3328.52, and 3328.99 of the Revised Code regarding the operation of public schools and the Department of Education and Workforce and to eliminate obsolete provisions of education law.
Who sponsors HB 455?
HB 455 is sponsored by Gayle Manning (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 455?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced September 17, 2025. Enacted.
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