Effective: September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation: House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly
(A) If all of the client school districts of an educational service center have terminated their agreements with the service center under division (D) of section 3313.843 of the Revised Code, upon the latest effective date of the terminations, the governing board of that service center shall be abolished and such service center shall be dissolved by order of the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent's order shall provide for the equitable division and disposition of the assets, property, debts, and obligations of the service center among the school districts that were client school districts of the service center for the service center's last fiscal year of operation. The superintendent's order shall provide that the tax duplicate of each of those school districts shall be bound for and assume the district's equitable share of the outstanding indebtedness of the service center. The superintendent's order is final and is not appealable.
Immediately upon the abolishment of the service center governing board pursuant to this section, the superintendent of public instruction shall appoint a qualified individual to administer the dissolution of the service center and to implement the terms of the superintendent's dissolution order.
Prior to distributing assets to any school district under this section, but after paying in full other debts and obligations of the service center under this section, the superintendent of public instruction may assess against the remaining assets of the service center the amount of the costs incurred by the department of education in performing the superintendent's duties under this division, including the fees, if any, owed to the individual appointed to administer the superintendent's dissolution order. Any excess cost incurred by the department under this division shall be divided equitably among the school districts that were client school districts of the service center for the service center's last fiscal year of operation. Each district's share of that excess cost shall be bound against the tax duplicate of that district.
(B) A final audit of the former service center shall be performed in accordance with procedures established by the auditor of state.
(C) The public records of an educational service center that is dissolved under this section shall be transferred in accordance with this division. Public records maintained by the service center in connection with services provided by the service center to local school districts of which the territory of the service center is or previously was made up shall be transferred to each of the respective local school districts. Public records maintained by the service center in connection with services provided to client school districts shall be transferred to each of the respective client school districts. All other public records maintained by the service center at the time the service center ceases operations shall be transferred to the Ohio history connection for analysis and disposition by the Ohio history connection in its capacity as archives administrator for the state and its political subdivisions pursuant to division (C) of section 149.30 and section 149.31 of the Revised Code.
(D) As used in this section, "client school district" means a city, exempted village, or local school district that has entered into an agreement under section 3313.843 or 3313.845 of the Revised Code to receive any services from an educational service center.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3311 | School Districts; County Planning
Section 3311.01 | Styling of School Districts.
Section 3311.02 | City School District Defined.
Section 3311.03 | Local School District Defined.
Section 3311.04 | Exempted Village School District Defined.
Section 3311.05 | Educational Service Center Defined - County School Financing District.
Section 3311.051 | Performance Audit.
Section 3311.053 | Joint Educational Service Center.
Section 3311.054 | Membership of Governing Board of Joint Service Center.
Section 3311.055 | School Board, Board of Education and School District Construed.
Section 3311.056 | Plan for Adding Appointed Members to Board.
Section 3311.057 | Service Center Board Following Merger.
Section 3311.058 | When Merger to Achieve Minimum Average Daily Membership Not Required.
Section 3311.06 | Territory of District to Be Contiguous; Exceptions; Annexation of Territory.
Section 3311.062 | Forming District From Noncontiguous Districts.
Section 3311.07 | Change of Classification Upon Advancement.
Section 3311.08 | School Districts That May Become Exempt From Board Supervision - Census.
Section 3311.11 | New School District to Be Approved by General Assembly.
Section 3311.16 | Plan for Joint Vocational School District.
Section 3311.17 | Copy of Plan to Be Filed With Board of Each District.
Section 3311.18 | Creation of Joint Vocational School Districts.
Section 3311.19 | Joint Vocational School District Board of Education.
Section 3311.191 | Terms of Additional Members.
Section 3311.20 | Bond Issue - Annual Levy.
Section 3311.21 | Tax Levy - Rate.
Section 3311.211 | Tuition - Acceptance of Funds.
Section 3311.212 | Use of Buildings.
Section 3311.213 | Procedure for District to Join Existing Joint Vocational School District.
Section 3311.214 | Procedure for Merging Existing Joint Vocational School Districts.
Section 3311.215 | Facilities of Joint Districts.
Section 3311.216 | Funds of Joint Districts.
Section 3311.217 | Dissolution of District.
Section 3311.218 | Sharing Use of Facilities, Equipment or Funds.
Section 3311.22 | Transfer of School District Territory.
Section 3311.26 | New Local School District May Be Created.
Section 3311.27 | Report to Tax Commissioner by Board of Surviving School District.
Section 3311.34 | No Exempted Village School Districts to Be Created.
Section 3311.37 | State Board May Propose Creation of New District.
Section 3311.38 | State Board May Propose Transfers of Districts.
Section 3311.50 | County School Financing District.
Section 3311.521 | Cooperative Education School District for Purpose of Operating Joint High School.
Section 3311.53 | Resolution Proposing to Become Part of Cooperative Education School District.
Section 3311.54 | Resolution Requesting Dissolution of Cooperative Education District.
Section 3311.60 | Creation of Position of Independent Auditors in Certain School Districts.
Section 3311.61 | Affirmation by Electors.
Section 3311.72 | Submission of Resignations by Current Administrators.
Section 3311.741 | Municipal School District Performance Evaluation.
Section 3311.742 | Municipal School District Student Advisory Committees.
Section 3311.75 | Funds Kept Separate - Purchases.
Section 3311.751 | Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Real Estate by Municipal School District.
Section 3311.76 | Rule Exemptions.
Section 3311.77 | Laws Governing Municipal School Districts; Teacher Contracts.
Section 3311.78 | Municipal School Districts; Adoption of Differentiated Salary Schedules.
Section 3311.79 | Applicants for Teacher Positions in Municipal School Districts.
Section 3311.81 | Municipal School Districts; Limited Teacher Contracts.
Section 3311.83 | Municipal School Districts; Reduction in Number of Teachers.
Section 3311.84 | Municipal School Districts; Evaluation of Principals.
Section 3311.85 | Municipal School Districts; School Calendar.
Section 3311.86 | Municipal School District Transformation Alliance.
Section 3311.87 | School Sponsorship; Assessment of District and Community Schools.