Effective: September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The initial members of any new governing board of an educational service center established in accordance with this section shall be all of the members of the governing boards of the former educational service centers whose territory comprises the new educational service center. The initial members of any such governing board shall serve until the first Monday of January immediately following the first election of governing board members conducted under division (C) of this section.
Notwithstanding section 3313.11 of the Revised Code, that section shall not apply to the filling of any vacancy among the initial members of any governing board established in accordance with this section. Any such vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by a majority vote of all the remaining members of the governing board.
(B) Prior to the next first day of April in an odd-numbered year that occurs at least ninety days after the date on which any new governing board of an educational service center is initially established in accordance with this section, the governing board or, at the governing board's option, an executive committee of the governing board appointed by the governing board shall do both of the following:
(1) Designate the number of elected members comprising all subsequent governing boards of the educational service center, which number shall be an odd number not to exceed nine.
(2) Divide the educational service center into a number of subdistricts equal to the number of governing board members designated under division (B)(1) of this section and number the subdistricts. Each subdistrict shall be as nearly equal in population as possible and shall be composed of adjacent and compact territory. To the extent possible, each subdistrict shall be composed only of territory located in one county. In addition, the subdistricts shall be bounded as far as possible by corporation lines, streets, alleys, avenues, public grounds, canals, watercourses, ward boundaries, voting precinct boundaries, or school district boundaries.
If the new governing board fails to divide the territory of the educational service center in accordance with this division, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish the subdistricts within thirty days.
(C) At the next regular municipal election following the deadline for creation of the subdistricts of an educational service center under division (B) of this section, an entire new governing board shall be elected. All members of such governing board shall be elected from those subdistricts.
(D) Within ninety days after the official announcement of the results of each successive federal decennial census, each governing board of an educational service center established in accordance with this section shall redistrict the educational service center's territory into a number of subdistricts equal to the number of board members designated under division (B)(1) of this section and number the subdistricts. Each such redistricting shall be done in accordance with the standards for subdistricts in division (B)(2) of this section. At the next regular municipal election following the announcement of the results of each such successive census, all elected governing board members shall again be elected from the subdistricts most recently created under this division.
If a governing board fails to redistrict the territory of its educational service center in accordance with this division, the superintendent of public instruction shall redistrict the service center within thirty days.
(E) All members elected pursuant to this section shall take office on the first Monday of January immediately following the election. Whenever all elected governing board members are elected at one election under division (C) or (D) of this section, the terms of each of the members elected from even-numbered subdistricts shall be for two years and the terms of each of the members elected from odd-numbered subdistricts shall be for four years. Thereafter, successors shall be elected for four-year terms in the same manner as is provided by law for the election of members of school boards except that any successor elected at a regular municipal election immediately preceding any election at which an entire new governing board is elected shall be elected for a two-year term.
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.