SB 322

As Introduced
136th General Assembly
   Regular Session  S. B. No. 322
       2025-2026
  Senator Cutrona
  To amend sections 133.06, 3302.036, 3302.042,  1
  3302.16, 3302.17, 3310.03, 3311.29, and  2
  3314.102; to enact new section 3302.10; and to  3
  repeal sections 3302.10, 3302.103, 3302.11,  4
  3302.111, and 3302.12 of the Revised Code and to  5
  repeal Sections 4, 5, and 6 of H.B. 70 of the  6
  131st General Assembly to dissolve academic  7
  distress commissions and to instead require  8
  student support teams for certain low-performing  9
  school buildings.  10
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
     Section 1. That sections 133.06, 3302.036, 3302.042,  11
3302.16, 3302.17, 3310.03, 3311.29, and 3314.102 be amended and  12
new section 3302.10 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as  13
follows:  14
     Sec. 133.06. (A) A school district shall not incur,  15
without a vote of the electors, net indebtedness that exceeds an  16
amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of its tax valuation,  17
except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section and  18
in division (D) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code, or as  19
prescribed in section 3318.052 or 3318.44 of the Revised Code,  20
or as provided in division (J) of this section.  21
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       (B) Except as provided in divisions (E), (F), and (I) of  22
this section, a school district shall not incur net indebtedness  23
that exceeds an amount equal to nine per cent of its tax  24
valuation.  25
       (C) A school district shall not submit to a vote of the  26
electors the question of the issuance of securities in an amount  27
that will make the district's net indebtedness after the  28
issuance of the securities exceed an amount equal to four per  29
cent of its tax valuation, unless the director of education and  30
workforce, acting under policies adopted by the department of  31
education and workforce, and the tax commissioner, acting under  32
written policies of the commissioner, consent to the submission.  33
A request for the consents shall be made at least one hundred  34
twenty days prior to the election at which the question is to be  35
submitted.  36
       The director of education and workforce shall certify to  37
the district the director's and the tax commissioner's decisions  38
within thirty days after receipt of the request for consents.  39
       If the electors do not approve the issuance of securities  40
at the election for which the director of education and  41
workforce and tax commissioner consented to the submission of  42
the question, the school district may submit the same question  43
to the electors on the date that the next special election may  44
be held under section 3501.01 of the Revised Code without  45
submitting a new request for consent. If the school district  46
seeks to submit the same question at any other subsequent  47
election, the district shall first submit a new request for  48
consent in accordance with this division.  49
       (D) In calculating the net indebtedness of a school  50
district, none of the following shall be considered:  51
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        (1) Securities issued to acquire school buses and other  52
equipment used in transporting pupils or issued pursuant to  53
division (D) of section 133.10 of the Revised Code;  54
        (2) Securities issued under division (F) of this section  55
and, to the extent in excess of the limitation stated in  56
division (B) of this section, under division (E) of this  57
section;  58
        (3) Indebtedness resulting from the dissolution of a joint  59
vocational school district under section 3311.217 of the Revised  60
Code, evidenced by outstanding securities of that joint  61
vocational school district;  62
        (4) Loans, evidenced by any securities, received under  63
sections 3313.483, 3317.0210, and 3317.0211 of the Revised Code;  64
        (5) Debt incurred under section 3313.374 of the Revised  65
Code;  66
        (6) Debt incurred pursuant to division (B)(4) of section  67
3313.37 of the Revised Code to acquire computers and related  68
hardware;  69
        (7) Debt incurred under section 3318.042 of the Revised  70
Code;  71
        (8) Debt incurred under section 5705.2112 or 5705.2113 of  72
the Revised Code by the fiscal board of a qualifying partnership  73
of which the school district is a participating school district.  74
        (E) A school district may become a special needs district  75
as to certain securities as provided in division (E) of this  76
section.  77
        (1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare its  78
school district to be a special needs district by determining  79
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both of the following:  80
       (a) The student population is not being adequately  81
serviced by the existing permanent improvements of the district.  82
       (b) The district cannot obtain sufficient funds by the  83
issuance of securities within the limitation of division (B) of  84
this section to provide additional or improved needed permanent  85
improvements in time to meet the needs.  86
       (2) The board of education shall certify a copy of that  87
resolution to the director of education and workforce with a  88
statistical report showing all of the following:  89
       (a) The history of and a projection of the growth of the  90
tax valuation;  91
       (b) The projected needs;  92
       (c) The estimated cost of permanent improvements proposed  93
to meet such projected needs.  94
       (3) The director of education and workforce shall certify  95
the district as an approved special needs district if the  96
director finds both of the following:  97
       (a) The district does not have available sufficient  98
additional funds from state or federal sources to meet the  99
projected needs.  100
       (b) The projection of the potential average growth of tax  101
valuation during the next five years, according to the  102
information certified to the director and any other information  103
the director obtains, indicates a likelihood of potential  104
average growth of tax valuation of the district during the next  105
five years of an average of not less than one and one-half per  106
cent per year. The findings and certification of the director  107
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shall be conclusive.  108
       (4) An approved special needs district may incur net  109
indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with  110
the provisions of this chapter in an amount that does not exceed  111
an amount equal to the greater of the following:  112
       (a) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus  113
an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation  114
by the percentage by which the tax valuation has increased over  115
the tax valuation on the first day of the sixtieth month  116
preceding the month in which its board determines to submit to  117
the electors the question of issuing the proposed securities;  118
       (b) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus  119
an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation  120
by the percentage, determined by the director of education and  121
workforce, by which that tax valuation is projected to increase  122
during the next ten years.  123
       (F) A school district may issue securities for emergency  124
purposes, in a principal amount that does not exceed an amount  125
equal to three per cent of its tax valuation, as provided in  126
this division.  127
       (1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare an  128
emergency if it determines both of the following:  129
       (a) School buildings or other necessary school facilities  130
in the district have been wholly or partially destroyed, or  131
condemned by a constituted public authority, or that such  132
buildings or facilities are partially constructed, or so  133
constructed or planned as to require additions and improvements  134
to them before the buildings or facilities are usable for their  135
intended purpose, or that corrections to permanent improvements  136
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are necessary to remove or prevent health or safety hazards.  137
       (b) Existing fiscal and net indebtedness limitations make  138
adequate replacement, additions, or improvements impossible.  139
       (2) Upon the declaration of an emergency, the board of  140
education may, by resolution, submit to the electors of the  141
district pursuant to section 133.18 of the Revised Code the  142
question of issuing securities for the purpose of paying the  143
cost, in excess of any insurance or condemnation proceeds  144
received by the district, of permanent improvements to respond  145
to the emergency need.  146
       (3) The procedures for the election shall be as provided  147
in section 133.18 of the Revised Code, except that:  148
       (a) The form of the ballot shall describe the emergency  149
existing, refer to this division as the authority under which  150
the emergency is declared, and state that the amount of the  151
proposed securities exceeds the limitations prescribed by  152
division (B) of this section;  153
       (b) The resolution required by division (B) of section  154
133.18 of the Revised Code shall be certified to the county  155
auditor and the board of elections at least one hundred days  156
prior to the election;  157
       (c) The county auditor shall advise and, not later than  158
ninety-five days before the election, confirm that advice by  159
certification to, the board of education of the information  160
required by division (C) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code;  161
       (d) The board of education shall then certify its  162
resolution and the information required by division (D) of  163
section 133.18 of the Revised Code to the board of elections not  164
less than ninety days prior to the election.  165
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       (4) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 133.21 of the  166
Revised Code, the first principal payment of securities issued  167
under this division may be set at any date not later than sixty  168
months after the earliest possible principal payment otherwise  169
provided for in that division.  170
       (G)(1) The board of education may contract with an  171
architect, professional engineer, or other person experienced in  172
the design and implementation of energy conservation measures  173
for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to installations,  174
modifications of installations, or remodeling that would  175
significantly reduce energy consumption in buildings owned by  176
the district. The report shall include estimates of all costs of  177
such installations, modifications, or remodeling, including  178
costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance,  179
repairs, measurement and verification of energy savings, and  180
debt service, forgone residual value of materials or equipment  181
replaced by the energy conservation measure, as defined by the  182
Ohio facilities construction commission, a baseline analysis of  183
actual energy consumption data for the preceding three years  184
with the utility baseline based on only the actual energy  185
consumption data for the preceding twelve months, and estimates  186
of the amounts by which energy consumption and resultant  187
operational and maintenance costs, as defined by the commission,  188
would be reduced.  189
       If the board finds after receiving the report that the  190
amount of money the district would spend on such installations,  191
modifications, or remodeling is not likely to exceed the amount  192
of money it would save in energy and resultant operational and  193
maintenance costs over the ensuing fifteen years, the board may  194
submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request  195
for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the making or  196
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modification of installations or the remodeling of buildings for  197
the purpose of significantly reducing energy consumption.  198
       The facilities construction commission, in consultation  199
with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G)  200
(1) of this section by the board of education of any school  201
district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division  202
(A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines  203
that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the  204
school district.  205
       No district board of education of a school district that  206
is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of  207
section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request  208
without submitting evidence that the installations,  209
modifications, or remodeling have been approved by the  210
district's financial planning and supervision commission  211
established under section 3316.05 of the Revised Code.  212
       No board of education of a school district for which an  213
academic distress commission has been established under section  214
3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first  215
receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's  216
academic distress commission established under that section, for  217
so long as such commission continues to be required for the  218
district.  219
       (2) The board of education may contract with a person  220
experienced in the implementation of student transportation to  221
produce a report that includes an analysis of and  222
recommendations for the use of alternative fuel vehicles by  223
school districts. The report shall include cost estimates  224
detailing the return on investment over the life of the  225
alternative fuel vehicles and environmental impact of  226
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alternative fuel vehicles. The report also shall include  227
estimates of all costs associated with alternative fuel  228
transportation, including facility modifications and vehicle  229
purchase costs or conversion costs.  230
       If the board finds after receiving the report that the  231
amount of money the district would spend on purchasing  232
alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversion is not likely to  233
exceed the amount of money it would save in fuel and resultant  234
operational and maintenance costs over the ensuing five years,  235
the board may submit to the commission a copy of its findings  236
and a request for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the  237
purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions  238
for the purpose of reducing fuel costs.  239
       The facilities construction commission, in consultation  240
with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G)  241
(2) of this section by the board of education of any school  242
district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division  243
(A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines  244
that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the  245
school district.  246
       No district board of education of a school district that  247
is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of  248
section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request  249
without submitting evidence that the purchase or conversion of  250
alternative fuel vehicles has been approved by the district's  251
financial planning and supervision commission established under  252
section 3316.05 of the Revised Code.  253
       No board of education of a school district for which an  254
academic distress commission has been established under section  255
3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first  256
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receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's  257
academic distress commission established under that section, for  258
so long as such commission continues to be required for the  259
district.  260
       (3) The facilities construction commission shall approve  261
the board's request provided that the following conditions are  262
satisfied:  263
       (a) The commission determines that the board's findings  264
are reasonable.  265
       (b) The request for approval is complete.  266
       (c) If the request was submitted under division (G)(1) of  267
this section, the installations, modifications, or remodeling  268
are consistent with any project to construct or acquire  269
classroom facilities, or to reconstruct or make additions to  270
existing classroom facilities under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20  271
or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code.  272
       Upon receipt of the commission's approval, the district  273
may issue securities without a vote of the electors in a  274
principal amount not to exceed nine-tenths of one per cent of  275
its tax valuation for the purpose specified in division (G)(1)  276
or (2) of this section, but the total net indebtedness of the  277
district without a vote of the electors incurred under this and  278
all other sections of the Revised Code, except section 3318.052  279
of the Revised Code, shall not exceed one per cent of the  280
district's tax valuation.  281
       (4)(a) So long as any securities issued under division (G)  282
(1) of this section remain outstanding, the board of education  283
shall monitor the energy consumption and resultant operational  284
and maintenance costs of buildings in which installations or  285
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modifications have been made or remodeling has been done  286
pursuant to that division. Except as provided in division (G)(4)  287
(b) of this section, the board shall maintain and annually  288
update a report in a form and manner prescribed by the  289
facilities construction commission documenting the reductions in  290
energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance  291
cost savings attributable to such installations, modifications,  292
or remodeling. The resultant operational and maintenance cost  293
savings shall be certified by the school district treasurer. The  294
report shall be submitted annually to the commission.  295
       (b) If the facilities construction commission verifies  296
that the certified annual reports submitted to the commission by  297
a board of education under division (G)(4)(a) of this section  298
fulfill the guarantee required under division (B) of section  299
3313.372 of the Revised Code for three consecutive years, the  300
board of education shall no longer be subject to the annual  301
reporting requirements of division (G)(4)(a) of this section.  302
       (5) So long as any securities issued under division (G)(2)  303
of this section remain outstanding, the board of education shall  304
monitor the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle  305
conversions pursuant to that division. The board shall maintain  306
and annually update a report in a form and manner prescribed by  307
the facilities construction commission documenting the purchase  308
of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions, the  309
associated environmental impact, and return on investment. The  310
resultant fuel and operational and maintenance cost savings  311
shall be certified by the school district treasurer. The report  312
shall be submitted annually to the commission.  313
       (H) With the consent of the director of education and  314
workforce, a school district may incur without a vote of the  315
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electors net indebtedness that exceeds the amounts stated in  316
divisions (A) and (G) of this section for the purpose of paying  317
costs of permanent improvements, if and to the extent that both  318
of the following conditions are satisfied:  319
       (1) The fiscal officer of the school district estimates  320
that receipts of the school district from payments made under or  321
pursuant to agreements entered into pursuant to section 725.02,  322
1728.10, 3735.671, 5709.081, 5709.082, 5709.40, 5709.41,  323
5709.45, 5709.57, 5709.62, 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78,  324
or 5709.82 of the Revised Code, or distributions under division  325
(C) of section 5709.43 or division (B) of section 5709.47 of the  326
Revised Code, or any combination thereof, are, after accounting  327
for any appropriate coverage requirements, sufficient in time  328
and amount, and are committed by the proceedings, to pay the  329
debt charges on the securities issued to evidence that  330
indebtedness and payable from those receipts, and the taxing  331
authority of the district confirms the fiscal officer's  332
estimate, which confirmation is approved by the director of  333
education and workforce;  334
       (2) The fiscal officer of the school district certifies,  335
and the taxing authority of the district confirms, that the  336
district, at the time of the certification and confirmation,  337
reasonably expects to have sufficient revenue available for the  338
purpose of operating such permanent improvements for their  339
intended purpose upon acquisition or completion thereof, and the  340
director of education and workforce approves the taxing  341
authority's confirmation.  342
       The maximum maturity of securities issued under division  343
(H) of this section shall be the lesser of twenty years or the  344
maximum maturity calculated under section 133.20 of the Revised  345
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Code.  346
        (I) A school district may incur net indebtedness by the  347
issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this  348
chapter in excess of the limit specified in division (B) or (C)  349
of this section when necessary to raise the school district  350
portion of the basic project cost and any additional funds  351
necessary to participate in a project under Chapter 3318. of the  352
Revised Code, including the cost of items designated by the  353
facilities construction commission as required locally funded  354
initiatives, the cost of other locally funded initiatives in an  355
amount that does not exceed fifty per cent of the district's  356
portion of the basic project cost, and the cost for site  357
acquisition. A school district shall notify the director of  358
education and workforce whenever that district will exceed  359
either limit pursuant to this division.  360
        (J) A school district whose portion of the basic project  361
cost of its classroom facilities project under sections 3318.01  362
to 3318.20 of the Revised Code is greater than or equal to one  363
hundred million dollars may incur without a vote of the electors  364
net indebtedness in an amount up to two per cent of its tax  365
valuation through the issuance of general obligation securities  366
in order to generate all or part of the amount of its portion of  367
the basic project cost if the controlling board has approved the  368
facilities construction commission's conditional approval of the  369
project under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. The school  370
district board and the Ohio facilities construction commission  371
shall include the dedication of the proceeds of such securities  372
in the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the  373
Revised Code. No state moneys shall be released for a project to  374
which this section applies until the proceeds of any bonds  375
issued under this section that are dedicated for the payment of  376
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the school district portion of the project are first deposited  377
into the school district's project construction fund.  378
       Sec. 3302.036. (A) Notwithstanding anything in the Revised  379
Code to the contrary, the department of education and workforce  380
shall not assign an overall letter grade under division (C)(3)  381
of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code for any school district  382
or building for the 2014-2015, 2015-2016, orand 2016-2017 school  383
years, may, at the discretion of the department, not assign an  384
individual grade to any component prescribed under division (C)  385
(3) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code, and shall not rank  386
school districts, community schools established under Chapter  387
3314. of the Revised Code, or STEM schools established under  388
Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code under section 3302.21 of the  389
Revised Code for those school years. The report card ratings  390
issued for the 2014-2015, 2015-2016, orand 2016-2017 school  391
years shall not be considered in determining whether a school  392
district or a school is subject to sanctions or penalties.  393
However, the report card ratings of any previous or subsequent  394
years shall be considered in determining whether a school  395
district or building is subject to sanctions or penalties.  396
Accordingly, the report card ratings for the 2014-2015, 2015-  397
2016, orand 2016-2017 school years shall have no effect in  398
determining sanctions or penalties, but shall not create a new  399
starting point for determinations that are based on ratings over  400
multiple years.  401
       (B) The provisions from which a district or school is  402
exempt under division (A) of this section shall be the  403
following:  404
       (1) Any restructuring provisions established under this  405
chapter, except as required under the "No Child Left Behind Act  406
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of 2001";  407
        (2) Provisions for the Columbus city school pilot project  408
under section 3302.042 of the Revised Code;  409
        (3) Provisions for academic distress commissions under  410
former section 3302.10 of the Revised Code as it existed prior  411
to October 15, 2015. The provisions of this section do not apply  412
to academic distress commissions under the version of that  413
section as it exists on or after October 15, 2015.  414
        (4) Provisions prescribing new buildings where students  415
are eligible for the educational choice scholarships under  416
section 3310.03 of the Revised Code;  417
        (5)(4) Provisions defining "challenged school districts"  418
in which new start-up community schools were required to be  419
located, as prescribed in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code as  420
it existed prior to September 30, 2021;  421
        (6)(5) Provisions prescribing community school closure  422
requirements under section 3314.35 or 3314.351 of the Revised  423
Code.  424
        (C) Notwithstanding anything in the Revised Code to the  425
contrary and except as provided in Section 3 of H.B. 7 of the  426
131st general assembly, no school district, community school, or  427
STEM school shall utilize at any time during a student's  428
academic career a student's score on any assessment administered  429
under division (A) of section 3301.0710 or division (B)(2) of  430
section 3301.0712 of the Revised Code in the 2014-2015, 2015-  431
2016, orand 2016-2017 school years as a factor in any decision  432
to promote or to deny the student promotion to a higher grade  433
level or in any decision to grant course credit. No individual  434
student score reports on such assessments administered in the  435
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2014-2015, 2015-2016, or 2016-2017 school years shall be  436
released, except to a student's school district or school or to  437
the student or the student's parent or guardian.  438
       Sec. 3302.042. (A) This section shall operate as a pilot  439
project that applies to any school that has been ranked  440
according to performance index score under section 3302.21 of  441
the Revised Code in the lowest five per cent of all public  442
school buildings statewide for three or more consecutive school  443
years and is operated by the Columbus city school district. The  444
pilot project shall commence once the department of education  445
and workforce establishes implementation guidelines for the  446
pilot project in consultation with the Columbus city school  447
district.  448
       (B) Except as provided in division (D), (E), or (F) of  449
this section, if the parents or guardians of at least fifty per  450
cent of the students enrolled in a school to which this section  451
applies, or if the parents or guardians of at least fifty per  452
cent of the total number of students enrolled in that school and  453
the schools of lower grade levels whose students typically  454
matriculate into that school, by the thirty-first day of  455
December of any school year in which the school is subject to  456
this section, sign and file with the school district treasurer a  457
petition requesting the district board of education to implement  458
one of the following reforms in the school, and if the validity  459
and sufficiency of the petition is certified in accordance with  460
division (C) of this section, the board shall implement the  461
requested reform in the next school year:  462
       (1) Reopen the school as a community school under Chapter  463
3314. of the Revised Code;  464
       (2) Replace at least seventy per cent of the school's  465
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personnel who are related to the school's poor academic  466
performance or, at the request of the petitioners, retain not  467
more than thirty per cent of the personnel;  468
       (3) Contract with another school district or a nonprofit  469
or for-profit entity with a demonstrated record of effectiveness  470
to operate the school;  471
       (4) Turn operation of the school over to the department;  472
       (5) Any other major restructuring of the school that makes  473
fundamental reforms in the school's staffing or governance.  474
       (C) Not later than thirty days after receipt of a petition  475
under division (B) of this section, the district treasurer shall  476
verify the validity and sufficiency of the signatures on the  477
petition and certify to the district board whether the petition  478
contains the necessary number of valid signatures to require the  479
board to implement the reform requested by the petitioners. If  480
the treasurer certifies to the district board that the petition  481
does not contain the necessary number of valid signatures, any  482
person who signed the petition may file an appeal with the  483
county auditor within ten days after the certification. Not  484
later than thirty days after the filing of an appeal, the county  485
auditor shall conduct an independent verification of the  486
validity and sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and  487
certify to the district board whether the petition contains the  488
necessary number of valid signatures to require the board to  489
implement the requested reform. If the treasurer or county  490
auditor certifies that the petition contains the necessary  491
number of valid signatures, the district board shall notify the  492
department of the certification.  493
       (D) The district board shall not implement the reform  494
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requested by the petitioners in any of the following  495
circumstances:  496
       (1) The district board has determined that the request is  497
for reasons other than improving student academic achievement or  498
student safety.  499
       (2) The department has determined that implementation of  500
the requested reform would not comply with the model of  501
differentiated accountability described in section 3302.041 of  502
the Revised Code.  503
       (3) The petitioners have requested the district board to  504
implement the reform described in division (B)(4) of this  505
section and the department has not agreed to take over the  506
school's operation.  507
       (4) When all of the following have occurred:  508
       (a) After a public hearing on the matter, the district  509
board issued a written statement explaining the reasons that it  510
is unable to implement the requested reform and agreeing to  511
implement one of the other reforms described in division (B) of  512
this section.  513
       (b) The district board submitted its written statement to  514
the department along with evidence showing how the alternative  515
reform the district board has agreed to implement will enable  516
the school to improve its academic performance.  517
       (c) The department has approved implementation of the  518
alternative reform.  519
       (E) If the provisions of this section conflict in any way  520
with the requirements of federal law, federal law shall prevail  521
over the provisions of this section.  522
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       (F) If a school is restructured under this section,  523
section 3302.10 or 3302.12 of the Revised Code, or federal law,  524
the school shall not be required to restructure again under  525
state law for three consecutive years after the implementation  526
of that prior restructuring.  527
       (G) Beginning not later than six months after the first  528
petition under this section has been resolved, the department  529
shall annually evaluate the pilot program and submit a report to  530
the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code.  531
Such reports shall contain its recommendations to the general  532
assembly with respect to the continuation of the pilot program,  533
its expansion to other school districts, or the enactment of  534
further legislation establishing the program statewide under  535
permanent law.  536
       Sec. 3302.10. (A) Any academic distress commission  537
organized for a school district under former section 3302.10 of  538
the Revised Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of  539
this section, is hereby dissolved. The board of education of  540
each district wherein an academic distress commission previously  541
had been established shall reassume all of the powers granted to  542
it under the Revised Code.  543
       (B) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, the board of  544
education of a school district for which an academic distress  545
commission had been established under former section 3302.10 of  546
the Revised Code, as it existed prior to the effective date of  547
this section and was dissolved on that date, shall establish a  548
student support team for each building operated by the district  549
that received an overall rating of less than two stars on the  550
state report card under division (D)(3) of section 3302.03 of  551
the Revised Code for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.  552
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       The student support team shall remain in effect until the  553
school building receives an overall rating of at least three  554
stars, after which the support team may dissolve or continue at  555
the discretion of the district board.  556
       (C)(1) A student support team established under this  557
section shall be comprised of the following individuals:  558
       (a) One school board member appointed by the school board;  559
       (b) The district superintendent, who shall serve as chair  560
of the support team;  561
       (c) The school building principal, who shall serve as co-  562
chair of the support team;  563
       (d) One or two school improvement specialists, appointed  564
by the district superintendent, at least one of which must be  565
employed by the district;  566
       (e) Three classroom teachers assigned to the school  567
building, appointed by the local association representing  568
teachers;  569
       (f) One special education teacher assigned to the  570
building, appointed by the building principal;  571
       (g) One intervention specialist assigned to the building,  572
appointed by the building principal;  573
       (h) Two parents, selected by the parent-teacher  574
association president of the school building;  575
       (i) One individual from the department of education and  576
workforce state support team assigned to the region in which the  577
school district is located.  578
       (2) The student support team may request the participation  579
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of the following individuals on a meeting-by-meeting basis:  580
       (a) School attendance officers;  581
       (b) Nurses assigned to the building;  582
       (c) Counselors assigned to the building;  583
       (d) Mental health professionals assigned to the building;  584
       (e) Bus drivers that transport students assigned to the  585
building;  586
       (f) Students assigned to the building, with the consent of  587
the student's parent or guardian;  588
       (g) Parents or guardians of students assigned to the  589
building.  590
       (D) The student support team shall do the following:  591
       (1) Conduct a survey of student support needs that  592
includes outreach to students, parents, teachers, and  593
administrators within the school building zone. The student  594
support team may request technical assistance from the state  595
support team assigned to its school district by the department.  596
       (2) Develop student support recommendations that propose  597
strategies to support student learning at the school building  598
level, which may include proposals in the following areas:  599
       (a) Parent and family engagement;  600
       (b) Creating a culture of academic success among students;  601
       (c) Building a culture of student support among school  602
faculty and staff;  603
       (d) Student attendance;  604
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       (e) Dismissal and exclusion rates;  605
       (f) Student safety and discipline;  606
       (g) Student promotion and dropout rates;  607
       (h) Graduation rates;  608
       (i) Linking community organizations, volunteers, and other  609
resources with student support needs, and any other area the  610
student support team determines is appropriate.  611
       (3) Submit the student support recommendations to the  612
district board for approval not later than the final day of the  613
school year in which the process described in division (C)(1) of  614
this section began, though the team may submit the plan prior to  615
that date. The district board and the district superintendent  616
shall review the plan and may change elements of the plan in  617
consultation with the student support team. Prior to approving  618
the plan, the district board may seek community feedback in one  619
or more public hearings.  620
       Sec. 3302.16. (A)(1) As used in sections 3302.10, 3302.17,  621
and 3302.18 of the Revised Code, "community learning center"  622
means a school operated by a city, exempted village, or local  623
school district or community school established under Chapter  624
3314. of the Revised Code that participates in a coordinated,  625
community-based effort with community partners to provide  626
comprehensive educational, developmental, family, and health  627
services to students, families, and community members during  628
school hours and hours in which school is not in session.  629
       (2) For purposes of this section and sections 3302.10,  630
3302.17, and 3302.18 of the Revised Code, "community partner"  631
means a provider to students, families, or community members of  632
health care services, on-site resource coordinators, and any  633
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other services or programs determined appropriate by a school  634
action team created under section 3302.18 of the Revised Code.  635
       (B) Prior to providing health services to a student, a  636
community learning center shall obtain the written consent of  637
the student's parent, guardian, or custodian, if the student is  638
less than eighteen years old, or the written consent of the  639
student, if the student is at least eighteen years old.  640
       (C) A community learning center and any employee,  641
contractor, or volunteer of a community learning center shall,  642
in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws,  643
maintain the confidentiality of patient-identifying information  644
obtained in the course of providing health services.  645
       Sec. 3302.17. (A) Any school building operated by a city,  646
exempted village, or local school district, or a community  647
school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code is  648
eligible to initiate the community learning center process as  649
prescribed by this section.  650
       (B) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, eachEach  651
district board of education or community school governing  652
authority may initiate a community learning center process for  653
any school building to which this section appliesin the manner  654
prescribed by this section.  655
       First, the board or governing authority shall conduct a  656
public information hearing at each school building to which this  657
section applies to inform the community of the community  658
learning center process. The board or governing authority may do  659
all of the following with regard to the public information  660
hearing:  661
       (1) Announce the meeting not less than forty-five days in  662
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advance at the school and on the school's or district's web  663
sites and using tools to ensure effective communication with  664
individuals with disabilities;  665
       (2) Schedule the meeting for an evening or weekend time;  666
       (3) Provide interpretation services and written materials  667
in all languages spoken by five per cent or more of the students  668
enrolled in the school;  669
       (4) Provide child care services for parents attending the  670
meeting;  671
       (5) Provide parents, students, teachers, nonteaching  672
employees, and community members with the opportunity to speak  673
at the meeting;  674
       (6) Comply with section 149.43 of the Revised Code.  675
       In preparing for the public information hearing, the board  676
or governing authority shall ensure that information about the  677
hearing is broadly distributed throughout the community.  678
       The board or governing authority may enter into an  679
agreement with any civic engagement organizations, community  680
organizations, or employee organizations to support the  681
implementation of the community learning center process.  682
       The board or governing authority shall conduct a follow-up  683
hearing at least once annually until action is further taken  684
under the section with respect to the school building or until  685
the conditions described in division (A) of this section no  686
longer apply to the school building.  687
       (C) Not sooner than forty-five days after the first public  688
information hearing, the board or governing authority shall  689
conduct an election, by paper ballot, to initiate the process to  690
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become a community learning center. Only parents or guardians of  691
students enrolled in the school and students enrolled in a  692
different school operated by a joint vocational school district  693
but are otherwise entitled to attend the school, and teachers  694
and nonteaching employees who are assigned to the school may  695
vote in the election.  696
       The board or governing authority shall distribute the  697
ballots by mail and shall make copies available at the school  698
and on the web site of the school. The board or governing  699
authority also may distribute the ballots by directly giving  700
ballots to teachers and nonteaching employees and sending home  701
ballots with every student enrolled in the school building.  702
       (D) The board or governing authority shall initiate the  703
transition of the building to a community learning center if the  704
results of the election held under division (C) of this section  705
are as follows:  706
       (1) At least fifty per cent of parents and guardians of  707
students enrolled in the eligible school building and students  708
enrolled in a different building operated by a joint vocational  709
school district but who are entitled to attend the school cast  710
ballots by a date set by the board or governing authority, and  711
of those ballots at least sixty-seven per cent are in favor of  712
initiating the process; and  713
       (2) At least fifty per cent of teachers and nonteaching  714
employees who are assigned to the school cast ballots by a date  715
set by the board or governing authority, and of those ballots at  716
least sixty-seven per cent are in favor of initiating the  717
process.  718
       (E) If a community learning center process is initiated  719
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under this section, the board or governing authority shall  720
create a school action team under section 3302.18 of the Revised  721
Code. Within four months upon selection, the school action team  722
shall conduct and complete, in consultation with community  723
partners, a performance audit of the school and review, with  724
parental input, the needs of the school with regard to  725
restructuring under section 3302.10, 3302.12, or 3302.042 of the  726
Revised Code, or federal law.  727
        The school action team shall provide quarterly updates of  728
its work in a public hearing that complies with the same  729
specifications prescribed in division (B) of this section.  730
        (F) Upon completion of the audit and review, the school  731
action team shall present its findings at a public hearing that  732
complies with the same specifications prescribed in division (B)  733
of this section. After the school action team presents its  734
findings at the public hearing, it shall create a community  735
learning center improvement plan that designates appropriate  736
interventions, which may be based on the recommendations  737
developed by the department under division (H)(1)(b) of this  738
section.  739
        If there is a federally mandated school improvement  740
planning process, the team shall coordinate its work with that  741
plan.  742
        The school action team shall approve the plan by a  743
majority vote.  744
        (G) Upon approval of the plan by the school action team,  745
the team shall submit the community learning center improvement  746
plan to the same individuals described in division (C) of this  747
section. Ballots shall be distributed and an election shall be  748
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conducted in the same manner as indicated under that division.  749
       The school action team shall submit the plan to the  750
district board of education or community school governing  751
authority, if the results of the election under division (G) of  752
this section are as follows:  753
       (1) At least thirty per cent of parents and guardians of  754
students enrolled in the eligible school building and students  755
enrolled in a different building operated by a joint vocational  756
school district but who are entitled to attend the school cast  757
ballots by a date set by the board or governing authority, and  758
of those ballots at least fifty per cent are in favor of  759
initiating the process; and  760
       (2) At least thirty per cent of teachers and nonteaching  761
employees who are assigned to the school cast ballots by a date  762
set by the board or governing authority, and of those ballots at  763
least fifty per cent are in favor of initiating the process.  764
       The board or governing authority shall evaluate the plan  765
and determine whether to adopt it. The board or governing  766
authority shall adopt the plan in full or adopt portions of the  767
plan. If the board or governing authority does not adopt the  768
plan in full, it shall provide a written explanation of why  769
portions of the plan were rejected.  770
       (H)(1) The department shall do all of the following with  771
respect to this section:  772
       (a) Adopt rules regarding the elections required under  773
this section;  774
       (b) Develop appropriate interventions for a community  775
learning center improvement plan that may be used by a school  776
action team under division (F) of this section;  777
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       (c) Publish a menu of programs and services that may be  778
offered by community learning centers. The information shall be  779
posted on the department's web site. To compile this information  780
the department shall solicit input from resource coordinators of  781
existing community learning centers.  782
       (d) Provide information regarding implementation of  783
comprehensive community-based programs and supportive services  784
including the community learning center model to school  785
buildings meeting any of the following conditions:  786
       (i) The building is in improvement status as defined by  787
the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" or under an agreement  788
between the Ohio department of education and workforce and the  789
United States secretary of education.  790
       (ii) The building is a secondary school that is among the  791
lowest achieving fifteen per cent of secondary schools  792
statewide, as determined by the department.  793
       (iii) The building is a secondary school with a graduation  794
rate of sixty per cent or lower for three or more consecutive  795
years.  796
       (iv) The building is a school that the department  797
determines is persistently low-performing.  798
       (2) The department may do the following with respect to  799
this section:  800
       (a) Provide assistance, facilitation, and training to  801
school action teams in the conducting of the audit required  802
under this section;  803
       (b) Provide opportunities for members of school action  804
teams from different schools to share school improvement  805
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strategies with parents, teachers, and other relevant  806
stakeholders in higher performing schools;  807
       (c) Provide financial support in a school action team's  808
planning process and create a grant program to assist in the  809
implementation of a qualified community learning center plan.  810
       (I) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in  811
Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the requirements of this  812
section prevail over any conflicting provisions of a collective  813
bargaining agreement entered into on or after October 15, 2015.  814
However, the board or governing authority and the teachers'  815
labor organization may negotiate additional factors to be  816
considered in the adoption of a community learning center plan.  817
       Sec. 3310.03. For the 2021-2022 school year and each  818
school year thereafter, subject to division (G) of this section,  819
a student is an "eligible student" for purposes of the  820
educational choice scholarship pilot program if the student's  821
resident district is not a school district in which the pilot  822
project scholarship program is operating under sections 3313.974  823
to 3313.979 of the Revised Code, the student satisfies one of  824
the conditions in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section, and  825
the student maintains eligibility to receive a scholarship under  826
division (D) of this section.  827
       However, any student who received a scholarship for the  828
2020-2021 school year under this section, as it existed prior to  829
March 2, 2021, shall continue to receive that scholarship until  830
the student completes grade twelve, as long as the student  831
maintains eligibility to receive a scholarship under division  832
(D) of this section.  833
       (A)(1) A student is eligible for a scholarship if the  834
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student is enrolled in a school building operated by the  835
student's resident district and to which both of the following  836
apply:  837
       (a) The building was ranked in the lowest twenty per cent  838
of all buildings operated by city, local, and exempted village  839
school districts according to performance index score as  840
determined by the department of education and workforce, as  841
follows:  842
       (i) For a scholarship sought for the 2021-2022 or 2022-  843
2023 school year, the building was ranked in the lowest twenty  844
per cent of buildings for each of the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019  845
school years.  846
       (ii) For a scholarship sought for the 2023-2024 school  847
year, the building was ranked in the lowest twenty per cent of  848
buildings for each of the 2018-2019 and 2021-2022 school years.  849
       (iii) For a scholarship sought for the 2024-2025 school  850
year, the building was ranked in the lowest twenty per cent of  851
buildings for each of the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.  852
       (iv) For a scholarship sought for the 2025-2026 school  853
year or any school year thereafter, the building was ranked in  854
the lowest twenty per cent of buildings for at least two of the  855
three most recent consecutive rankings issued prior to the first  856
day of July of the school year for which a scholarship is  857
sought.  858
       (b) The building is operated by a school district in  859
which, for the three consecutive school years prior to the  860
school year for which a scholarship is sought, an average of  861
twenty per cent or more of the students entitled to attend  862
school in the district, under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the  863
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Revised Code, were qualified to be included in the formula to  864
distribute funds under Title I of the "Elementary and Secondary  865
Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.  866
       When ranking school buildings under division (A)(1) of  867
this section, the department shall not include buildings  868
operated by a school district in which the pilot project  869
scholarship program is operating in accordance with sections  870
3313.974 to 3313.979 of the Revised Code.  871
       (2) A student is eligible for a scholarship if the student  872
will be enrolling in any of grades kindergarten through twelve  873
in this state for the first time in the school year for which a  874
scholarship is sought, will be at least five years of age, as  875
defined in section 3321.01 of the Revised Code, by the first day  876
of January of the school year for which a scholarship is sought,  877
and otherwise would be assigned under section 3319.01 of the  878
Revised Code in the school year for which a scholarship is  879
sought, to a school building described in division (A)(1) of  880
this section.  881
       (3) A student is eligible for a scholarship if the student  882
is enrolled in a community school established under Chapter  883
3314. of the Revised Code but otherwise would be assigned under  884
section 3319.01 of the Revised Code to a building described in  885
division (A)(1) of this section.  886
       (4) A student is eligible for a scholarship if the student  887
is enrolled in a school building operated by the student's  888
resident district or in a community school established under  889
Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code and otherwise would be  890
assigned under section 3319.01 of the Revised Code to a school  891
building described in division (A)(1) of this section in the  892
school year for which the scholarship is sought.  893
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        (5) A student is eligible for a scholarship if the student  894
was enrolled in a public or nonpublic school or was homeschooled  895
in the prior school year and completed any of grades eight  896
through eleven in that school year and otherwise would be  897
assigned under section 3319.01 of the Revised Code to a school  898
building described in division (A)(1) of this section in the  899
school year for which the scholarship is sought.  900
        (B) A student is eligible for a scholarship if the student  901
is enrolled in a nonpublic school at the time the school is  902
granted a charter by the director of education and workforce  903
under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code and the student meets  904
the standards of division (B) of section 3310.031 of the Revised  905
Code.  906
        (C) APrior to the effective date of this amendment, a  907
student is eligible for a scholarship if the student's resident  908
district iswas subject to former section 3302.10 of the Revised  909
Code and the student either:  910
        (1) Is enrolled in a school building operated by the  911
resident district or in a community school established under  912
Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;  913
        (2) Will be both enrolling in any of grades kindergarten  914
through twelve in this state for the first time and at least  915
five years of age by the first day of January of the school year  916
for which a scholarship is soughtas it existed on that date, and  917
the student remains an eligible student pursuant to division (D)  918
of this section. The department shall cease awarding first-time  919
scholarships pursuant to division (C) of this section on the  920
effective date of this amendment.  921
        (D) A student who receives a scholarship under the  922
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educational choice scholarship pilot program remains an eligible  923
student and may continue to receive scholarships in subsequent  924
school years until the student completes grade twelve, so long  925
as all of the following apply:  926
       (1) The student's resident district remains the same, or  927
the student transfers to a new resident district and otherwise  928
would be assigned in the new resident district to a school  929
building described in division (A)(1) or (C) of this section.  930
       (2) The student takes each assessment prescribed for the  931
student's grade level under section 3301.0710, 3301.0712, or  932
3313.619 of the Revised Code while enrolled in a chartered  933
nonpublic school, unless one of the following applies to the  934
student:  935
       (a) The student is excused from taking that assessment  936
under federal law, the student's individualized education  937
program, or division (C)(1)(c)(i) of section 3301.0711 of the  938
Revised Code.  939
       (b) The student is enrolled in a chartered nonpublic  940
school that meets the conditions specified in division (K)(2) or  941
(L)(4) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.  942
       (c) The student is enrolled in any of grades three to  943
eight and takes an alternative standardized assessment under  944
division (K)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.  945
       (d) The student is excused from taking the assessment  946
prescribed under division (B)(1) of section 3301.0712 of the  947
Revised Code pursuant to division (C)(1)(c)(ii) of section  948
3301.0711 of the Revised Code.  949
       (3) In each school year that the student is enrolled in a  950
chartered nonpublic school, the student is absent from school  951
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for not more than twenty days that the school is open for  952
instruction, not including excused absences.  953
        (E)(1)(E) The department shall cease awarding first-time  954
scholarships pursuant to divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section  955
with respect to a school building that, in the most recent  956
ratings of school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised  957
Code prior to the first day of July of the school year, ceases  958
to meet the criteria in division (A)(1) of this section.  959
        (2) The department shall cease awarding first-time  960
scholarships pursuant to division (C) of this section with  961
respect to a school district subject to section 3302.10 of the  962
Revised Code when the academic distress commission established  963
for the district ceases to exist.  964
        (3) However, students who have received scholarships in  965
the prior school year remain eligible students pursuant to  966
division (D) of this section.  967
        (F) The department shall adopt rules defining excused  968
absences for purposes of division (D)(3) of this section.  969
        (G) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this  970
section or section 3310.031 of the Revised Code, a student shall  971
not be required to be enrolled or enrolling in a school building  972
operated by the student's resident district or a community  973
school in order to be eligible for a scholarship, as follows:  974
        (1) For a scholarship sought for the 2021-2022 school  975
year, a student entering any of grades kindergarten through two;  976
        (2) For a scholarship sought for the 2022-2023 school  977
year, a student entering any of grades kindergarten through  978
four;  979
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       (3) For a scholarship sought for the 2023-2024 school  980
year, a student entering any of grades kindergarten through six;  981
       (4) For a scholarship sought for the 2024-2025 school  982
year, a student entering any of grades kindergarten through  983
eight;  984
       (5) For a scholarship sought for the 2025-2026 school  985
year, and each school year thereafter, a student entering any of  986
grades kindergarten through twelve.  987
       (H) Except as provided for in section 3310.13 of the  988
Revised Code and in division (C)(2) of section 3365.07 of the  989
Revised Code, the department shall not require the parent of a  990
student who applies for or receives a scholarship under this  991
section or section 3310.033, 3310.034, or 3310.035 of the  992
Revised Code to complete any kind of income verification  993
regarding the student's family income.  994
       Sec. 3311.29. (A) Except as provided under division (B),  995
(C), or (D) of this section, no school district shall be created  996
and no school district shall exist which does not maintain  997
within such district public schools consisting of grades  998
kindergarten through twelve and any such existing school  999
district not maintaining such schools shall be dissolved and its  1000
territory joined with another school district or districts by  1001
order of the state board of education if no agreement is made  1002
among the surrounding districts voluntarily, which order shall  1003
provide an equitable division of the funds, property, and  1004
indebtedness of the dissolved school district among the  1005
districts receiving its territory. The state board of education  1006
may authorize exceptions to school districts where topography,  1007
sparsity of population, and other factors make compliance  1008
impracticable.  1009
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       The director of education and workforce is without  1010
authority to distribute funds under Chapter 3317. of the Revised  1011
Code to any school district that does not maintain schools with  1012
grades kindergarten through twelve and to which no exception has  1013
been granted by the state board of education.  1014
       (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any  1015
joint vocational school district or any cooperative education  1016
school district established pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of  1017
section 3311.52 of the Revised Code.  1018
       (C)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (C)(3) of this  1019
section, division (A) of this section does not apply to any  1020
cooperative education school district established pursuant to  1021
section 3311.521 of the Revised Code nor to the city, exempted  1022
village, or local school districts that have territory within  1023
such a cooperative education district.  1024
       (b) The cooperative district and each city, exempted  1025
village, or local district with territory within the cooperative  1026
district shall maintain the grades that the resolution adopted  1027
or amended pursuant to section 3311.521 of the Revised Code  1028
specifies.  1029
       (2) Any cooperative education school district described  1030
under division (C)(1) of this section that fails to maintain the  1031
grades it is specified to operate shall be dissolved by order of  1032
the state board of education unless prior to such an order the  1033
cooperative district is dissolved pursuant to section 3311.54 of  1034
the Revised Code. Any such order shall provide for the equitable  1035
adjustment, division, and disposition of the assets, property,  1036
debts, and obligations of the district among each city, local,  1037
and exempted village school district whose territory is in the  1038
cooperative district and shall provide that the tax duplicate of  1039
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each city, local, and exempted village school district whose  1040
territory is in the cooperative district shall be bound for and  1041
assume its share of the outstanding indebtedness of the  1042
cooperative district.  1043
        (3) If any city, exempted village, or local school  1044
district described under division (C)(1) of this section fails  1045
to maintain the grades it is specified to operate the  1046
cooperative district within which it has territory shall be  1047
dissolved in accordance with division (C)(2) of this section and  1048
upon that dissolution any city, exempted village, or local  1049
district failing to maintain grades kindergarten through twelve  1050
shall be subject to the provisions for dissolution in division  1051
(A) of this section.  1052
        (D) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any  1053
school district that is or has ever been subject to former  1054
section 3302.10 of the Revised Code, as it exists on and after  1055
October 15, 2015existed prior to the effective date of this  1056
amendment, and has had a majority of its schools reconstituted  1057
or closed under that section.  1058
        Sec. 3314.102. (A) As used in this section:  1059
        (1) "Chief executive officer" means a chief executive  1060
officer appointed by an academic distress commission pursuant to  1061
section 3302.10 of the Revised Code.  1062
        (2) "Municipal, "municipal school district" and "mayor"  1063
have the same meanings as in section 3311.71 of the Revised  1064
Code.  1065
        (B) Notwithstanding section 3314.10 and sections 4117.03  1066
to 4117.18 of the Revised Code and Section 4 of Amended  1067
Substitute Senate Bill No. 133 of the 115th general assembly,  1068
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the employees of a conversion community school that is sponsored  1069
by the board of education of a municipal school district or a  1070
school district for which an academic distress commission has  1071
been established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall  1072
cease to be subject to any future collective bargaining  1073
agreement, if the mayor or chief executive officer submits to  1074
the board of education sponsoring the school and to the state  1075
employment relations board a statement requesting that all  1076
employees of the community school be removed from a collective  1077
bargaining unit. The employees of the community school who are  1078
covered by a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the  1079
date the mayor or chief executive officer submits the statement  1080
shall remain subject to that collective bargaining agreement  1081
until the collective bargaining agreement expires on its terms.  1082
Upon expiration of that collective bargaining agreement, the  1083
employees of that school are not subject to Chapter 4117. of the  1084
Revised Code and may not organize or collectively bargain  1085
pursuant to that chapter.  1086
       Section 2. That existing sections 133.06, 3302.036,  1087
3302.042, 3302.16, 3302.17, 3310.03, 3311.29, and 3314.102 of  1088
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.  1089
       Section 3. That sections 3302.10, 3302.103, 3302.11,  1090
3302.111, and 3302.12 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.  1091
       Section 4. That Sections 4, 5, and 6 of H.B. 70 of the  1092
131st General Assembly are hereby repealed.  1093