Effective: September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Until May 22, 2013, no internet- or computer-based community school shall operate unless the school was open for instruction as of May 1, 2005. No entity described in division (C)(1) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code shall enter into a contract to sponsor an internet- or computer-based community school, including a conversion school, between May 1, 2005, and May 22, 2013, except as follows:
(1) The entity may renew a contract that the entity entered into with an internet- or computer-based community school prior to May 1, 2005, if the school was open for operation as of that date.
(2) The entity may assume sponsorship of an existing internet- or computer-based community school that was formerly sponsored by another entity and may enter into a contract with that community school in accordance with section 3314.03 of the Revised Code.
If a sponsor entered into a contract with an internet- or computer-based community school, including a conversion school, but the school was not open for operation as of May 1, 2005, the contract shall be void and the entity shall not enter into another contract with the school until May 22, 2013.
(B)(1) Beginning on July 1, 2013, up to five new internet- or computer-based community schools may open each year, subject to approval of the superintendent of public instruction under division (B)(2) of this section.
(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall approve applications for new internet- or computer-based community schools from only those applicants demonstrating experience and quality.
The state board of education shall adopt rules prescribing measures to determine experience and quality of applicants in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The measures shall include, but not be limited to, the following considerations:
(a) The sponsor's experience with online schools;
(b) The operator's experience with online schools;
(c) The sponsor's and operator's previous record for student performance;
(d) A preference for operators with previous experience in Ohio.
The state board shall adopt the rules so that they are effective May 22, 2013.
(3) The department of education shall notify any new internet- or computer-based community school governed by division (B) of this section of whether the superintendent has approved or disapproved the school's application to open for the 2013-2014 school year not later than July 1, 2013. Notwithstanding the dates prescribed for adoption and signing on sponsor contracts in division (D) of section 3314.02 of the Revised Code, or the date for opening a school for instruction required by division (A)(25) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, a new internet- or computer-based community school approved for opening for the 2013-2014 school year under division (B) of this section may open and operate in that school year regardless of whether it has complied with those contract and opening dates. For each school year thereafter, the school shall comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
(4) Notwithstanding divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, a sponsor rated "exemplary" on its most recent evaluation conducted under section 3314.016 of the Revised Code is permitted to open up to two new internet- or computer-based community schools that will primarily serve students enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program each year, not to exceed six new schools in a five-year period.
(C) Nothing in division (A) or (B) of this section prohibits an internet- or computer-based community school from increasing the number of grade levels it offers.
Last updated August 12, 2021 at 3:31 PM
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.