Effective: March 20, 2019
Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Every community school established under this chapter shall have a designated fiscal officer. Except as provided for in division (C) of this section, the fiscal officer shall be employed by or engaged under a contract with the governing authority of the community school.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall require that the fiscal officer of any community school, before entering upon duties as fiscal officer of the school, execute a bond in an amount and with surety to be approved by the governing authority of the school, payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the official duties required of the fiscal officer. The bond shall be deposited with the governing authority of the school, and a copy thereof, certified by the governing authority, shall be filed with the county auditor.
(C) Prior to assuming the duties of fiscal officer, the fiscal officer designated under this section shall be licensed under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code. Any person serving as a fiscal officer of a community school on March 22, 2013, who is not licensed as a treasurer shall be permitted to serve as a fiscal officer for not more than one year following March 22, 2013. Beginning on that date and thereafter, no community school shall permit any individual to serve as a fiscal officer without a license as required by this section.
(D)(1) The governing authority of a community school may adopt a resolution waiving the requirement that the governing authority is the party responsible to employ or contract with the designated fiscal officer, as prescribed by division (A) of this section, so long as the school's sponsor also approves the resolution. The resolution shall be valid for one year. A new resolution shall be adopted for each year that the governing authority wishes to waive this requirement, so long as the school's sponsor also approves the resolution.
No resolution adopted pursuant to this division may waive the requirement for a community school to have a designated fiscal officer.
(2) If the governing authority adopts a resolution pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section, the school's designated fiscal officer annually shall meet with the governing authority to review the school's financial status.
(3) The governing authority shall submit to the department of education a copy of each resolution adopted pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3314 | Community Schools
Section 3314.01 | Creation of Community School - General Powers.
Section 3314.011 | Designated Fiscal Officer - Bond - Licensing.
Section 3314.012 | Development of Report Cards.
Section 3314.013 | Limits on Internet- or Computer-Based Community Schools.
Section 3314.015 | Oversight of Sponsors.
Section 3314.016 | Community School Sponsor Evaluations; Sponsoring Additional Schools.
Section 3314.017 | Academic Performance Rating and Report Card System.
Section 3314.018 | Pooling Agreements Between Community Schools.
Section 3314.019 | Communication With State Auditor.
Section 3314.0110 | Computer Science and Technology Fund.
Section 3314.02 | Establishment of Community School - Conversion and Start-Up.
Section 3314.021 | Requirements for Sponsorship.
Section 3314.022 | Contract for Provisions of Services for Disabled Student.
Section 3314.023 | Monitoring, Oversight, and Technical Assistance; School Closure.
Section 3314.024 | Detailed Accounting by Management Company; Categories of Expenses.
Section 3314.027 | Community School Sponsorship.
Section 3314.028 | Conditions for Continued Operation.
Section 3314.029 | Ohio School Sponsorship Program.
Section 3314.0210 | Property Purchased by Operator or Management Company.
Section 3314.0211 | Eligiblity for Merger.
Section 3314.032 | Contents of Contract Between Governing Authority and Operator.
Section 3314.034 | Conditions Which Would Prohibit Contract With New Sponsor.
Section 3314.035 | Publication of Names of Members of Governing Authority.
Section 3314.036 | Employment of Attorney.
Section 3314.037 | Training on Public Records and Open Meetings Laws.
Section 3314.038 | Children Residing in Residential Center; Reporting.
Section 3314.039 | Compilation and Publication of Information on Community Schools.
Section 3314.04 | Exemption From State Laws and Rules.
Section 3314.042 | Compliance With Standards of Financial Reporting.
Section 3314.043 | Indemnification From Management Companies for Losses Due to Conflict of Interest.
Section 3314.05 | Specification of Use and Acquisition of Facilities.
Section 3314.051 | Disposal of Real Property Acquired From School District.
Section 3314.06 | Admission Procedures.
Section 3314.061 | Community Schools Serving Autistic and Nondisabled Students.
Section 3314.07 | Expiration, Termination or Nonrenewal of Contract for Community School.
Section 3314.071 | Liability on Contracts.
Section 3314.072 | Suspending Operation of Noncomplying School.
Section 3314.073 | Declaring School to Be in Probationary Status.
Section 3314.074 | Distributing Assets of School Permanently Closed.
Section 3314.08 | Annual Enrollment Reports; Payments From Department.
Section 3314.081 | Annual Allocation of Federal Moneys.
Section 3314.082 | Community Schools; Application for Funds.
Section 3314.084 | Reporting Rules for Community School Students Living in Home.
Section 3314.086 | Community Schools; Career-Technical Education.
Section 3314.087 | Simultaneous Enrollment in Career-Tech Program.
Section 3314.089 | Community School Career-Technical Education Spending.
Section 3314.09 | Transportation of Native Students Provided by Board of Each School District.
Section 3314.091 | Transportation of Native Students Provided by Community School - Agreement.
Section 3314.092 | Consultation With Board Regarding Changes in Schedule.
Section 3314.10 | Teachers and Nonteaching Employees.
Section 3314.101 | Suspension of Employee Pending Criminal Action.
Section 3314.102 | Removal of Conversion Community School Employees From Collective Bargaining Unit.
Section 3314.103 | Termination of Contract Prior to Termination of Annual Session.
Section 3314.11 | Verification of Residency.
Section 3314.12 | Sponsor to Submit Annual Report of Services and Expenditures.
Section 3314.13 | Community School Employees; Liability.
Section 3314.14 | Possession and Use of Inhalers by Student - School and Employees Not Liable.
Section 3314.141 | No Civil Liability for Prohibition of Use of Autoinjector.
Section 3314.142 | Liability for Damages Due to Concussions.
Section 3314.143 | Procurement of Epinephrine Autoinjectors for Community Schools.
Section 3314.144 | Procurement of Inhalers by Community School.
Section 3314.145 | Liability Pertaining to Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Section 3314.146 | Community School Employees; Liability.
Section 3314.147 | Procurement of Glucagon, Qualified Immunity.
Section 3314.15 | Body Mass Index and Weight Status Category Screening.
Section 3314.17 | Statewide Education Management Information System.
Section 3314.18 | Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Summer Extension.
Section 3314.19 | Annual Assurances by Community School Sponsor.
Section 3314.191 | Prerequisites for Payments From Department.
Section 3314.20 | Enrollment Limits for Internet- or Computer-Based Schools.
Section 3314.21 | Internet- or Computer-Based Schools.
Section 3314.22 | Child Entitled to Computer Supplied by School.
Section 3314.23 | Compliance With Standards.
Section 3314.232 | Standards for Learning Management Software.
Section 3314.24 | No Contracts for Facility Space After 7-1-04.
Section 3314.25 | Computer-Based Schools to Provide Location for Statewide Tests.
Section 3314.251 | Locations for Counseling, Instructional Coaching, and Testing Assistance.
Section 3314.26 | Withdrawal of Computer-Based School Student Not Taking Tests.
Section 3314.261 | Internet- or Computer-Based School Attendance.
Section 3314.262 | Internet- or Computer-Based Community School Student Automatic Withdrawal.
Section 3314.27 | Maximum Daily Hours by Computer-Based School Student.
Section 3314.271 | Orientation Course.
Section 3314.28 | Plan by Computer-Based Schools for Services to Disabled Students.
Section 3314.29 | Division of Certain Internet- or Computer-Based Community School.
Section 3314.35 | Permanent Closure; Criteria.
Section 3314.351 | Closure of Certain Community Schools.
Section 3314.352 | Reopening Under New Name.
Section 3314.353 | Publication of School Closures and Closure Risks.
Section 3314.354 | Submission of Data Regarding Schools at Risk of Permanent Closure.
Section 3314.355 | Community School Closure Safe Harbor.
Section 3314.36 | Applicability of Rc 3314.35 Closure Rule.
Section 3314.361 | Operation of Drug Recovery Program.
Section 3314.38 | Enrollment in Dropout Prevention and Recovery Program.
Section 3314.40 | Report of Employee Conviction or Alternative Disposition.
Section 3314.401 | Employee Investigation Report Kept in Personnel File.
Section 3314.402 | Application of Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Section 3314.403 | False Report of Employee Misconduct Prohibited.
Section 3314.41 | Criminal Records Check of Private Contract Employee.
Section 3314.44 | Collection and Transmittal of School Records After Closing; Compliance; Penalty.
Section 3314.46 | Sponsors; Sales of Goods or Services Prohibited.
Section 3314.50 | Community School; Bond.
Section 3314.51 | Unauditable Community School.