Effective: September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) This section applies only to a person who meets the following conditions:
(1) Holds a minimum of a baccalaureate degree;
(2) Has been licensed and employed as a teacher in another state for each of the preceding five years;
(3) Was initially licensed as a teacher in any state within the preceding fifteen years;
(4) Has not had a teacher's license suspended or revoked in any state.
(B)(1) Not later than July 1, 2012, the superintendent of public instruction shall develop a list of states that the superintendent considers to have standards for teacher licensure that are inadequate to ensure that a person to whom this section applies and who was most recently licensed to teach in that state is qualified for a professional educator license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.
(2) Following development of the list, the superintendent shall establish a panel of experts to evaluate the adequacy of the teacher licensure standards of each state on the list. Each person selected by the superintendent to be a member of the panel shall be approved by the state board of education. In evaluating the superintendent's list, the panel shall provide an opportunity for representatives of the department of education, or similar state-level agency, of each state on the list to provide evidence to refute the state's placement on the list.
Not later than April 1, 2013, the panel shall recommend to the state board that the list be approved without changes or that specified states be removed from the list prior to approval. Not later than July 1, 2013, the state board shall approve a final list of states with standards for teacher licensure that are inadequate to ensure that a person to whom this section applies and who was most recently licensed to teach in that state is qualified for a professional educator license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in division (E)(1) of this section, until the date on which the state board approves a final list of states with inadequate teacher licensure standards under division (B)(2) of this section, the state board shall issue a one-year provisional educator license to any applicant to whom this section applies. On and after that date, neither the state board nor the department of education shall be party to any reciprocity agreement with a state on that list that requires the state board to issue a person to whom this section applies any type of professional educator license on the basis of the person's licensure and teaching experience in that state.
(D) Upon the expiration of a provisional license issued to a person under division (C) of this section, the state board shall issue the person a professional educator license, if the person satisfies either of the following conditions:
(1) The person was issued the provisional license prior to the development of the list by the state superintendent under division (B)(1) of this section and, prior to issuance of the provisional license, the person was most recently licensed to teach by a state not on the superintendent's list or, if the final list of states with inadequate teacher licensure standards has been approved by the state board under division (B)(2) of this section, by a state not on that list.
(2) All of the following apply to the person:
(a) Prior to obtaining the provisional license, the person was most recently licensed to teach by a state on the superintendent's list or, if the final list of states with inadequate teacher licensure standards has been approved by the state board under division (B)(2) of this section, by a state on that list.
(b) The person was employed under the provisional license by a school district; community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; or an entity contracted by such a district or school to provide internet- or computer-based instruction or distance learning programs to students.
(c) The district or school certifies to the state board that the person's teaching was satisfactory while employed or contracted by the district or school.
(E)(1) From July 1, 2012, until the date on which the state board approves a final list of states with inadequate teacher licensure standards under division (B)(2) of this section, the state board shall issue a professional educator license to any applicant to whom this section applies and who was most recently licensed to teach by a state that is not on the list developed by the state superintendent under division (B)(1) of this section.
(2) Beginning on the date on which the state board approves a final list of states with inadequate teacher licensure standards under division (B)(2) of this section, the state board shall issue a professional educator license to any applicant to whom this section applies and who was most recently licensed to teach by a state that is not on that list.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees
Section 3319.01 | Superintendent of an Educational Service Center - Appointment and Duties.
Section 3319.011 | Superintendent Pro Tempore.
Section 3319.02 | Assistant Superintendents and Other Administrators.
Section 3319.03 | Business Manager.
Section 3319.031 | Assignment of Business Manager Functions.
Section 3319.04 | Business Manager - Powers and Duties.
Section 3319.05 | Compensation of Business Manager - Bond.
Section 3319.06 | Internal Auditor Authorized - Contract - Evaluation.
Section 3319.07 | Employment of Teachers.
Section 3319.071 | Professional Development Program for Teachers.
Section 3319.072 | Lunch Period for Teachers.
Section 3319.074 | Professional Qualifications of Teachers and Paraprofessionals.
Section 3319.075 | Use of Professional Development Standards.
Section 3319.076 | License Required to Teach Physical Education.
Section 3319.077 | Teacher Professional Development in Dyslexia.
Section 3319.078 | Structured Literacy Certification.
Section 3319.08 | Contracts for Employment or Reemployment of Teachers.
Section 3319.081 | Contracts for Nonteaching Employees.
Section 3319.082 | Annual Notice of Salary to Nonteaching School Employees.
Section 3319.083 | Notice of Intention Not to Re-Employ.
Section 3319.084 | Nonteaching School Employees - Vacation Leave and Vacation Credit.
Section 3319.085 | Military Leave for Nonteaching Employees.
Section 3319.086 | Standard Work Week.
Section 3319.087 | Paid Holidays.
Section 3319.089 | Using Work Experience Program Participants.
Section 3319.0810 | Contracting for Student Transportation Services.
Section 3319.0811 | Supplemental Contracts for Courses Taught Outside Normal School Day.
Section 3319.09 | Teacher Definitions.
Section 3319.10 | Employment and Status of Substitute Teachers.
Section 3319.11 | Continuing Service Status - Limited Contract - Notice of Intent Not to Re-Employ.
Section 3319.111 | Applicability of Section; Evaluating Teachers on Limited Contracts.
Section 3319.112 | Revision of Standards-Based State Framework for the Evaluation of Teachers.
Section 3319.113 | Standards-Based State Framework for Evaluation of School Counselors.
Section 3319.12 | Annual Notice of Salary to Be Paid Teacher - Transfer to Other Positions.
Section 3319.13 | Leave of Absence - Request - Employment of Replacement.
Section 3319.131 | Leaves of Absence for Professional Growth.
Section 3319.14 | Military Leave of Absence.
Section 3319.141 | Sick Leave.
Section 3319.142 | Personal Leave for Nonteaching Employees.
Section 3319.143 | Policy of Assault Leave.
Section 3319.15 | Termination of Contract by Teacher.
Section 3319.151 | Prohibition on Assisting Students in Cheating on Assessments.
Section 3319.16 | Termination of Contract by Board of Education.
Section 3319.161 | Appointing Referees for Contract Termination Cases.
Section 3319.17 | Reduction in Number of Teachers - Restoration.
Section 3319.171 | Administrative Personnel Suspension Policy.
Section 3319.172 | Reasonable Reductions in Nonteaching Employees.
Section 3319.18 | Status of Teachers Under Transfer or Consolidation.
Section 3319.181 | Civil Service Status of Nonteaching Employees in Transferred or New District.
Section 3319.21 | Contract Employing Relative as Teacher Void.
Section 3319.221 | Pupil Services Personnel Registration.
Section 3319.222 | Effect on Certificates Issued Before Change in Law.
Section 3319.223 | Ohio Teacher Residency Program.
Section 3319.224 | Contracts for Speech and Language or Audiology Services.
Section 3319.226 | Educator Licenses for Substitute Teaching.
Section 3319.227 | Teach for America Educator's License.
Section 3319.229 | Career-Technical Workforce Development Educator License.
Section 3319.2211 | Employment of Adult Education Permit Holder.
Section 3319.23 | License Required for Teaching American History and Government Content.
Section 3319.231 | Qualifications for Teaching Community Service Education.
Section 3319.232 | License for Teaching Students With Visual Disabilities.
Section 3319.233 | Educator License Requirements Beginning 7/1/2017.
Section 3319.235 | Integrating Educational Technology.
Section 3319.236 | Qualifications to Teach Computer Science.
Section 3319.237 | Courses to Teach in Grades Pre-K Through 5; Curriculum; Continuing Education.
Section 3319.238 | Financial Literacy License Validation.
Section 3319.239 | Reimbursement for Financial Literacy Validation Costs.
Section 3319.25 | Teacher Performance Assessment Entity.
Section 3319.26 | Alternative Educator Licenses.
Section 3319.261 | Alternative Resident Educator License.
Section 3319.263 | Alternative Resident Educator License Subject Areas.
Section 3319.27 | Alternative Principal License.
Section 3319.28 | Provisional Educator License for Stem School Teacher.
Section 3319.283 | Veteran Not Certificated or Licensed.
Section 3319.284 | Extension of Educator License for Members of Armed Forces.
Section 3319.292 | Questioning of Applicant Regarding Criminal History.
Section 3319.30 | Necessity of License - Professional Meetings.
Section 3319.301 | Board to Issue Permits to Qualified Nonlicensed Individuals.
Section 3319.303 | Standards and Requirements for Obtaining Pupil-Activity Program Permit.
Section 3319.31 | Refusal to Issue, Suspension, Revocation or Limitations of License.
Section 3319.311 | Investigations.
Section 3319.312 | Effect of Child Support Default on Certificate or Permit.
Section 3319.313 | Information Concerning Improper Conduct by Licensed Employee.
Section 3319.314 | Report of Improper Conduct Investigation Kept in Personnel File.
Section 3319.315 | Rc 3319.313 and Rc 3319.314 Prevail Over Contractual Provisions.
Section 3319.316 | Participation in Retained Applicant Fingerprint Database.
Section 3319.317 | False Report of Employee Misconduct Prohibited.
Section 3319.318 | Illegally Assisting a Sex Offender in Attaining School Employment.
Section 3319.319 | Release of Information Obtained During an Investigation of an Educator.
Section 3319.32 | Records to Be Kept by Superintendents and Teachers of All Schools - Reports.
Section 3319.321 | Confidentiality.
Section 3319.322 | Copy of Photographs for School Files.
Section 3319.323 | Alterations of Records Prohibited.
Section 3319.33 | Annual Report of Statistics - Civil Proceedings Information.
Section 3319.35 | Failure of Superintendent or Treasurer to Make Reports.
Section 3319.36 | Requirements for Payment of Teacher for Services.
Section 3319.361 | Rules for Issuance of Supplemental Teaching License.
Section 3319.39 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 3319.391 | Applicants and New Hires Subject to Criminal Records Check Provisions.
Section 3319.392 | Criminal Records Check of Private Contract Employee.
Section 3319.393 | Educator Profile Database Consultation.
Section 3319.40 | Suspension of Employee Pending Criminal Action.
Section 3319.41 | Corporal Punishment Policy.
Section 3319.42 | Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.
Section 3319.43 | Designated State Official Shall Be Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Section 3319.44 | Copies of Contracts to Be Kept on File.
Section 3319.47 | Sexual Harassment Counseling.
Section 3319.51 | Fees - State Board of Education Licensure Fund.
Section 3319.52 | Notification of Guilty Plea or Conviction of License Holder.
Section 3319.55 | Grant Program for Teachers.
Section 3319.56 | Identifying Promising Practices.
Section 3319.57 | Grant Program for Innovations.
Section 3319.60 | Educator Standards Board.
Section 3319.61 | Duties of Board.
Section 3319.611 | Subcommittee on Standards for Superintendents of the Education Standards Board.
Section 3319.63 | Granting Professional Leave for Educator Standards Board Service.
Section 3319.65 | Credential Review Board.
Section 3319.67 | Teacher of the Year Recognition Program.
Section 3319.80 | Engagement of Dyslexia Specialist to Train Teachers.