Effective: September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation: House Bill 140 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Unless division (B) of section 3318.44 of the Revised Code applies, if a joint vocational school district board of education proposes to issue securities to generate all or part of the school district's portion of the basic project cost of the school district's project under sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, the school district board shall adopt a resolution in accordance with Chapter 133. and section 3311.20 of the Revised Code. Unless the school district board seeks authority to issue securities in more than one series, the school district board shall adopt the form of the ballot prescribed in section 133.18 of the Revised Code.
(B) If authority is sought to issue bonds in more than one series, the form of the ballot shall be:
"Shall bonds be issued by the __________ (here insert name of joint vocational school district) joint vocational school district to pay the local share of school construction under the State of Ohio Joint Vocational School Facilities Assistance Program in the total principal amount of $__________ (total principal amount of the bond issue), to be issued in ______ (number of series) series, each series to be repaid annually over not more than ______ (maximum number of years over which the principal of each series may be paid) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds and on any notes issued in anticipation of the bonds, at a rate estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of each series as follows: __________ [insert the following for each series: "the __________ series, in a principal amount of $__________ dollars, that the county auditor estimates will require ______ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $______ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, commencing in __________ and first payable in __________"]?
(C) If it is necessary for the school district to acquire a site for the classroom facilities to be acquired pursuant to sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code, the district board may propose either to issue bonds of the board or to levy a tax to pay for the acquisition of such site and may combine the question of doing so with the question specified by reference in division (A) of this section or the question specified in division (B) of this section. Bonds issued under this division for the purpose of acquiring a site are a general obligation of the school district and are Chapter 133. securities.
The form of that portion of the ballot to include the question of either issuing bonds or levying a tax for site acquisition purposes shall be one of the following:
(1) "Shall bonds be issued by the ____________ (here insert name of the joint vocational school district) joint vocational school district to pay costs of acquiring a site for classroom facilities under the State of Ohio Joint Vocational School Facilities Assistance Program in the principal amount of $__________ (here insert principal amount of the bond issue), to be repaid annually over a maximum period of __________ (here insert maximum number of years over which the principal of the bonds may be paid) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue __________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $__________ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of the bonds?"
(2) "Shall an additional levy of taxes outside the ten-mill limitation be made for the benefit of the __________ (here insert name of the joint vocational school district) joint vocational school district for the purpose of acquiring a site for classroom facilities in the sum of $_________ (here insert annual amount the levy is to produce) estimated by the county auditor to collect $_____ annually and to average ________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $_________ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for a period of _________ (here insert number of years the millage is to be imposed) years?"
Where it is necessary to combine the question of issuing bonds of the joint vocational school district as described in division (A) of this section with the question of issuing bonds of the school district for acquisition of a site, the question specified in that division to be voted on shall be "For the bond issues" and "Against the bond issues."
Where it is necessary to combine the question of issuing bonds of the joint vocational school district as described in division (A) of this section with the question of levying a tax for the acquisition of a site, the question specified in that division to be voted on shall be "For the bond issue and the tax levy" and "Against the bond issue and the tax levy."
(D) Where the school district board chooses to combine a question specified in this section with any of the additional questions described in division (C) of section 3318.44 of the Revised Code, the question to be voted on shall be "For the bond issues and the tax levies" and "Against the bond issues and the tax levies."
(E) If a majority of those voting upon a proposition prescribed in this section which includes the question of issuing bonds vote in favor of that issuance and if the agreement prescribed in section 3318.08 of the Revised Code has been entered into, the school district board may proceed under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code with the issuance of bonds or bond anticipation notes in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
Last updated July 15, 2022 at 10:42 AM
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3318 | School Facilities
Section 3318.01 | Bond Issues and Tax Levy Definitions.
Section 3318.011 | Ranking Districts in Order of Adjusted Valuation per Pupil From District.
Section 3318.02 | Periodic Assessment of Classroom Facility Needs - On-Site Visits.
Section 3318.022 | District Not Yet Eligible for State Assistance May Request Assessment.
Section 3318.024 | Use of Unspent and Unencumbered Funds.
Section 3318.031 | Commission to Consider Student and Staff Safety and Health.
Section 3318.032 | Portion of Basic Project Cost Supplied by School District.
Section 3318.033 | Recalculation of District Percentile Ranking.
Section 3318.034 | Division of District Classroom Needs Into Segments.
Section 3318.035 | Change of Assessment Rates on Gas Pipelines.
Section 3318.036 | Priority for Project Funding.
Section 3318.038 | Water Bottle Filling Stations and Drinking Fountains.
Section 3318.04 | Conditional Approval; Encumbering Funds.
Section 3318.041 | District May Adopt and Certify Proposed Project.
Section 3318.042 | Additional Assistance.
Section 3318.051 | Alternative Funding for State-Assisted Classroom Projects.
Section 3318.053 | Use of Tax Proceeds on Improvements Not Included in Basic Project Cost.
Section 3318.055 | Maintenance Tax Not Be Included on Ballot Proposal.
Section 3318.056 | Combining Questions on Tax Levy Ballot.
Section 3318.061 | Resolution Proposing Extension of Existing Tax Levy.
Section 3318.063 | Rescission of Alternative Funding Agreement - Tax Levy.
Section 3318.07 | Certification of Election Results to Tax Commissioner.
Section 3318.081 | Supplemental Agreement With Ohio Facilities Construction Commission.
Section 3318.082 | Supplemental Agreement for Distributing Certain Tax Proceeds.
Section 3318.083 | Sharing of Approved Increase in Basic Project Cost.
Section 3318.084 | Applying Local Donated Contribution Toward Project.
Section 3318.086 | Contingency Reserve.
Section 3318.091 | Issuing Bonds; Preparing of Plans and Estimates.
Section 3318.10 | Advertising and Awarding of Construction Bids.
Section 3318.112 | Standards for Solar-Ready Equipment.
Section 3318.12 | Transfer and Disbursement of Funds.
Section 3318.121 | Transfer of Earnings From Big-8 Project Fund to Special Fund.
Section 3318.13 | Including Balance Due in District Tax Budget.
Section 3318.14 | County Treasurer to Pay Proceeds of Tax Levy.
Section 3318.15 | Public School Building Fund.
Section 3318.17 | Rate and Maximum Period of Tax Levies.
Section 3318.18 | Statewide Average Valuation per Pupil - Half-Mill Equalization Fund.
Section 3318.20 | Constitutionality.
Section 3318.21 | Educational Revitalization of Certain Districts Definitions.
Section 3318.25 | School Building Program Assistance Fund.
Section 3318.26 | Issuing Obligations of State.
Section 3318.28 | Alternative, Supplemental Provisions.
Section 3318.29 | Maximum Maturity and Terms of Obligations.
Section 3318.351 | School Building Emergency Assistance Program.
Section 3318.36 | School Building Assistance Expedited Local Partnership Program.
Section 3318.361 | Proposing Tax Levy for Expedited Local Partnership Program Purposes.
Section 3318.362 | Term of Bonds.
Section 3318.363 | Tax Valuation Decrease.
Section 3318.37 | Exceptional Needs School Facilities Assistance Program.
Section 3318.38 | Accelerated Urban School Building Assistance Program.
Section 3318.39 | 1:1 School Facilities Option Program.
Section 3318.40 | Vocational School Facilities Assistance Program.
Section 3318.41 | Annual Assessment of Needs.
Section 3318.42 | Selecting Districts for Assistance.
Section 3318.43 | Moneys Dedicated to Maintenance of Classroom Facilities.
Section 3318.44 | Generating District's Portion of Basic Project Cost.
Section 3318.47 | Transfer of Amounts to Rc 3318.15 Fund.
Section 3318.48 | Certificate of Completion.
Section 3318.49 | Corrective Action Program.
Section 3318.50 | Community School Classroom Facilities Loan Guarantee Program.
Section 3318.52 | Community School Classroom Facilities Loan Guarantee Fund.
Section 3318.60 | College-Preparatory Boarding School Facilities Program.
Section 3318.62 | Agreements to Provide Facilities Assistance; Mandatory Stipulations.
Section 3318.70 | Funding to Assist Stem Schools in the Acquisition of Classroom Facilities.