Effective: September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
Boards of education of city school districts, local school districts, exempted village school districts, cooperative education school districts, and joint vocational school districts and governing boards of educational service centers may purchase on individual contract school buses and other equipment used in transporting children to and from school and to other functions as authorized by the boards, or the boards, at their discretion, may purchase the buses and equipment through any system of centralized purchasing established by the state department of education for that purpose, provided that state subsidy payments shall be based on the amount of the lowest price available to the boards by either method of purchase. No board shall be deprived of any form of state assistance in the purchase of buses and equipment by reason of purchases of buses and equipment on an individual contract.
The purchase of school buses shall be made only after competitive bidding in accordance with section 3313.46 of the Revised Code. All bids shall state that the buses, prior to delivery, will comply with the safety rules of the department of public safety adopted pursuant to section 4511.76 of the Revised Code and all other pertinent provisions of law.
At no time shall bid bonds be required for the purchase of school buses, unless the district board or educational service center governing board requests that bid bonds be part of the competitive bidding process for a specified purchase.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3327 | Transportation; Tuition
Section 3327.01 | Transportation of Pupils.
Section 3327.011 | Coordinators of School Transportation.
Section 3327.013 | Transportation for Preschoolers.
Section 3327.014 | Suspension From School Bus Riding Privileges.
Section 3327.015 | Reduction of Student Transportation Prohibited.
Section 3327.016 | Community and Nonpublic School Transportation Plans.
Section 3327.017 | Mass Transit to Transport Community and Nonpublic School Students.
Section 3327.018 | Transportation Contracts for Bus Use by Outside Entities.
Section 3327.021 | Compliance With Transportation Requirements.
Section 3327.03 | Designation of Depots.
Section 3327.04 | Contract for Attendance of Nonresident Pupils.
Section 3327.05 | Transportation of Nonresident Pupils.
Section 3327.06 | Tuition - Unauthorized Attendance.
Section 3327.07 | Fee for Transportation Charged by Chartered Nonpublic Schools.
Section 3327.08 | Purchase of School Buses and Other Transportation Equipment.
Section 3327.09 | Procurement of Motor Vehicle Liability and Accident Insurance.
Section 3327.10 | Qualifications of Drivers.
Section 3327.101 | Online School Bus Driver Training Program.
Section 3327.11 | Board of Education May Furnish Cost of Child's Room and Board.
Section 3327.12 | Maintenance of School Bus Turn-Around Points.
Section 3327.14 | Lease Agreement for Buses to Transport Senior Citizens and Adult Education Groups.