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RECRUITMENT OF
AND SEARCHES FOR
CANDIDATES FOR
TEACHING
POSITIONS
The board of education of any school district (apparently regardless of
size) may contract with the governing board of the ESC (from which it
otherwise receives services) to conduct searches and recruit candidates
for teacher positions.
3319.07
RECRUITERS,
MILITARY
Boards must adopt a policy providing access to Armed Forces recruiters
in accordance with similar access given non-military recruiters. In
addition, recruiters are to be given the names and addresses of all
students in grades ten through twelve unless the parent submits a
written request not to release such information.
3319.321
REDUCE STAFF
Boards may reduce the number of teachers by suspending contracts
because of decreased enrollment, return to duty of teachers from leave
of absence, suspension of schools, territorial changes, or financial
reasons. No collective bargaining agreement approved after September
29, 2005 can remove “financial reasons” as one of the criteria for a staff
reduction. No collective bargaining agreement approved after
September 29, 2011 can give preference to seniority in staff reductions
or recall from a suspended contract (except when making a decision
among teachers with comparable evaluations).
ORC 3319.18 addresses the implementation of a reduction in force
made necessary by a transfer or consolidation of school territory.
3319.17
3319.18
REDUCE STAFF –
NONTEACHING
In non-Civil Service districts, a board may reduce nonteaching staff
because of decreased enrollment, return to duty of staff on leave,
suspension of schools, territorial changes, or financial reasons. No
collective bargaining agreement approved after September 29, 2005 can
remove “financial reasons” as one of the criteria for a staff reduction.
3319.172
REDUCTION IN
FORCE,
ADMINISTRATOR
If the Board has adopted a policy on the suspension of administrative
contracts, it may suspend contracts in accordance with that policy. Ohio
law specifically recognizes “financial conditions” of the district as one of
the authorized reasons for the contract suspensions. The policy (which
must address such issues as reasons for suspension, order of
suspension, and restoration rights) must be developed from input from
the superintendent and all administrators.
ORC 3319.18 addresses the implementation of a reduction in force
made necessary by a transfer or consolidation of school territory. If
years of service as a teacher are to be included in the determination of
the contracts to suspend (assuming that no collective bargaining
agreement limits this), the years of service both in the previous district
(and in any district which had previously been transferred or
consolidated into that previous district merging with another) shall be
considered if it is part of the administrator suspension policy.
3319.171
3319.18
REHABILITATION,
BUS DRIVERS AND
OTHER NON-
LICENSED
PERSONNEL
If a bus driver’s background check indicates a potentially disqualifying
event, the driver may be eligible for employment if he or she meets the
rehabilitation standards prescribed for non-licensed staff members under
rule 3301-20-03 of the Ohio Administrative Code.
3327.10
OAC 3301-20-03
REHIRED RETIREE
The law specifies that a rehired retiree will receive a single life annuity as
the retirement benefit from this “second employment.” The law specifies
options that the retiree may have, as well as timelines for the payment of
the benefit. The penalty for returning to work within 60 days of
retirement is the forfeiture of the retirement benefit which would have
3307.352
3309.344