Effective: November 2, 2018
Latest Legislation: House Bill 312 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, the governing body of a STEM school that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a governing body shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account.
The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following:
(1) The officers or positions authorized to use credit card accounts;
(2) The types of expenses for which a credit card account may be used;
(3) The procedure for acquisition, use, and management of a credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks;
(4) The procedure for submitting itemized receipts to the treasurer or the treasurer's designee;
(5) The procedure for credit card issuance, credit card reissuance, credit card cancellation, and the process for reporting lost or stolen credit cards;
(6) The STEM school's credit card account's maximum credit limit or limits;
(7) The actions or omissions by an officer or employee that qualify as misuse of a credit card account.
(B) The name of the STEM school shall appear on each presentation instrument related to the account including cards and checks.
(C) If the treasurer of the STEM school does not retain general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, the governing body shall appoint a compliance officer to perform the duties enumerated under division (D) of this section. Except a chief administrator of a STEM school serving as compliance officer, the compliance officer may not use a credit card account. The compliance officer may not authorize an officer or employee to use a credit card account. If the chief administrator acting as compliance officer has authority to use a credit card account, the governing body monthly shall review the credit card account transaction detail and shall sign an attestation stating the governing body reviewed the credit card account transaction detail. The treasurer is not eligible for appointment as compliance officer. The chief administrator is eligible for appointment as compliance officer.
(D) The compliance officer, if applicable, and the governing body at least quarterly shall review the number of cards and accounts issued, the number of active cards and accounts issued, the cards' and accounts' expiration dates, and the cards' and accounts' credit limits.
(E) If the treasurer retains general possession and control of the credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks, and the governing body authorizes an officer or employee to use a credit card, the treasurer may use a system to sign out credit cards to the authorized users. The officer or employee is liable in person and upon any official bond the officer or employee has given to the school to reimburse the school treasury the amount for which the officer or employee does not provide itemized receipts in accordance with the policy described in division (A) of this section.
(F) The use of a credit card account for expenses beyond those authorized by the governing body constitutes misuse of a credit card account. An officer or employee of a STEM school or a public servant as defined under section 2921.01 of the Revised Code who knowingly misuses a credit card account held by the governing body violates section 2913.21 of the Revised Code.
(G) The treasurer or the treasurer's designee annually shall file a report with the governing body detailing all rewards received based on the use of the STEM school's credit card account.
(H) As used in this section, "credit card account" means any bank-issued credit card account, store-issued credit card account, financial institution-issued credit card account, financial depository-issued credit card account, affinity credit card account, or any other card account allowing the holder to purchase goods or services on credit or to transact with the account, and any debit or gift card account related to the receipt of grant moneys. "Credit card account" does not include a procurement card account, gasoline or telephone credit card account, or any other card account where merchant category codes are in place as a system of control for use of the card account.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3326 | Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Schools
Section 3326.01 | Stem and Steam Defined.
Section 3326.02 | Stem Committee Established.
Section 3326.03 | Stem School Proposals.
Section 3326.031 | Single Governing Body May Direct Group of Multiple Stem Schools.
Section 3326.032 | Stem School Equivalent Designation.
Section 3326.04 | Stem or Steam Program of Excellence Designation.
Section 3326.06 | Nonprofit Enterprise to Support Coordination of Efforts.
Section 3326.07 | Schools Part of State Program - Dissolution.
Section 3326.08 | Stem School Administration and Oversight.
Section 3326.081 | Suspension of Employee Pending Criminal Action.
Section 3326.082 | Computer Science and Technology Fund.
Section 3326.09 | Team Responsible for Curriculum Development.
Section 3326.10 | Admission Procedures.
Section 3326.101 | Tuition for Nonresidents.
Section 3326.11 | Statutory Compliance Requirements.
Section 3326.112 | Compliance With Standards for Financial Reporting.
Section 3326.12 | Schools to Comply With Rc Chapter 3323.
Section 3326.13 | Qualifications and Licensure of Teachers.
Section 3326.14 | State Assessment Requirements.
Section 3326.15 | High School Credit.
Section 3326.16 | Schools to Comply With Health and Safety Provisions.
Section 3326.17 | Annual Report Card for Each School.
Section 3326.18 | Employees May Organize and Bargain Collectively.
Section 3326.19 | Rc Chapter 124 Inapplicable to Nonteaching Employees.
Section 3326.20 | Transportation for Native Students.
Section 3326.21 | School Treasurer - Financial Records.
Section 3326.211 | Unauditable Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics School.
Section 3326.22 | Enforcement of Truancy Laws.
Section 3326.23 | Annual Assurances of Schools to Department.
Section 3326.24 | Report of Employee Conviction or Alternative Disposition.
Section 3326.241 | Employee Investigation Report Kept in Personnel File.
Section 3326.242 | Application of Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Section 3326.243 | False Report of Employee Misconduct Prohibited.
Section 3326.25 | Criminal Records Check of Private Contract Employee.
Section 3326.26 | Body Mass Index and Weight Status Category Screening.
Section 3326.27 | Liability for Damages Due to Concussions.
Section 3326.271 | Stem School Employees; Liability.
Section 3326.28 | Procurement of Epinephrine Autoinjectors for Stem Schools.
Section 3326.29 | Liability Related to Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Section 3326.30 | Procurement of Inhalers by Stem School.
Section 3326.31 | Stem School Funding Definitions.
Section 3326.32 | Report of Information Required by Department.
Section 3326.34 | Costs in Excess of Threshold Catastrophic Costs.
Section 3326.35 | Payment Adjustment for Students Enrolled Only Part of the Year.
Section 3326.36 | Payment Adjustment for Students Participating in College Credit Plus Program.
Section 3326.37 | Exclusions From Department Payments to Schools or Governing Bodies.
Section 3326.38 | Permitted Applications by Schools.
Section 3326.39 | Expenditures of Career-Technical Education Funding.
Section 3326.40 | Expenditure of Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid.
Section 3326.44 | Stem School Spending for English Learners.
Section 3326.45 | Stem School May Contract for Provision of Services.
Section 3326.49 | Schools May Not Levy Taxes or Issue Tax-Secured Bonds.
Section 3326.50 | Schools Shall Not Charge Tuition.
Section 3326.51 | Government of Stem School by District.
Section 3326.52 | Policies for Use of Credit Card Accounts.
Section 3326.60 | Procurement of Glucagon, Qualified Immunity.