Professional Report

If a license holder fails to submit to the background check by a date

specified by ODE, the state superintendent shall send a written notice to

the license holder to advise that the license will be “inactivated” if the

person does not comply with the background check within fifteen days

of the mailing of the letter. The inactivation remains in effect until the

person submits fingerprints and written permission for the background

check.

If a person holds more than one license, the following schedule will

apply:

If a person holds multiple licenses of different duration, the person is

responsible for the background check only when renewing the license of

the longest duration.

If a person holds multiple licenses of the same duration but with different

expiration dates, the license holder designates one of the licenses as

the “primary” license and notifies the department of education of this

selection. The department of education can request a background

check for the renewal of all of the licenses expiring on the same date.

An individual hired by a school district or ESC to teach adult education is

not required to have an additional background check if that person is

being hired only for “short term employment” and if the person has had a

background check within the last two years.

The background check is also required for any person hired by a school

district and not required to hold a license issued by the department of

education. (However, bus drivers are covered by a separate section of

law.) These non-teaching employees are also required to have the

background check repeated at least once every five years, and the

number of sets of prints submitted (i.e. one or two) is the same as for

licensed employees covered under Ohio Revised Code section

3319.291.

3319.39

3319.391

BARS TO

EMPLOYMENT FOR

NONTEACHING

PERSONNEL

If an employee (other than a license holder) is convicted of or pleaded

guilty to: a felony; a violation of ORC 2907.04 or 2907.06 or of division

(A) or (B) of section 2907.07; an offense of violence, theft offense, or

drug abuse offense that is not a minor misdemeanor; or a violation of a

municipal corporation that is substantively similar to a felony, that

individual is ineligible for employment in the school district barring

rehabilitation.

For a complete list of such disqualifying offense, please se

e Appendix

A person who has been found eligible for intervention in lieu of

conviction or who has agreed to a diversion program is treated the same

as if the person has been found guilty or had pleaded guilty.

3319.20

BIDS, ADVERTISING

FOR

If a board of education “determines to build, repair, enlarge, improve, or

demolish any school building” with an estimated cost of $25,000 or

more, it must advertise and accept bids in accordance with the

specifications that it will make available to prospective bidders.

The advertising of the bids is in a newspaper of general circulation in the

district for not less than two consecutive weeks. However, if the board

posts the notice of the acceptance of bids on its web site, it may

eliminate the second advertised notice so long as the first notice:



is published at least 2 weeks prior to the opening of bids;



includes a statement that the notice is posted on the district’s

3313.46