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web site;
includes the district’s web site address; and
includes instructions for accessing the notice on the district’s
internet web site.
One exception to this bid process is available. Please see
ADVERTISEMENTS, LEGAL above.
There is also a special exception for energy conservation projects.
(Please see
ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS
below.)
BLIZZARD BAGS
School districts can use “blizzard bags” to make up to the equivalent of
three days per year if schools were closed for an allowable calamity,
which are specified as “disease epidemic, hazardous weather
conditions, law enforcement emergencies, inoperability of school buses
or other equipment necessary to the school's operation, damage to a
school building, or other temporary circumstances due to utility failure
rendering the school building unfit for school use.”
The “blizzard bag” consists of paper copies of lessons posted on-line for
students to complete when school is closed and may be used in
conjunction with on-line lessons. Blizzard bag assignments must be
submitted within two weeks of the re-opening of school following the
calamity day.
Deadlines for developing a plan are similar to those for on-line lessons
except that the superintendent will determine a specific deadline (or prior
to any school closure) for the distribution of “blizzard bags.”
Districts wishing to utilize either blizzard bags or online lessons are
required to file a Board of Education resolution and plan with the Ohio
Department of Education prior to August 1 preceding the school year.
See
CALAMITY DAYS
below for additional information.
3313.482
BOARD MEMBER
HEALTH
INSURANCE
A board member may participate in the district’s insurance program at
the member’s expense.
3313.202
3313.33
BOARD OF
EDUCATION
AUTHORITY TO
ESTABLISH
SPECIAL SCHOOLS
OR CLASSES
Under Ohio law, boards of education are authorized to establish several
different types of schools or classes to meet the needs of their residents.
Among those specifically authorized under law are:
Evening schools;
Alternative schools;
Adult high school continuation programs;
Americanization school; and
Education for epileptic children served by state, district, county, or
municipal hospital within school district boundaries unless 60% of the
served children reside in a single school district in the same or an
adjacent county.
3313.52
3313.533
3313.531
3313.54
3313.55
BOARD OF
EDUCATION-
MEMBERSHIP
Local and exempted village boards shall consist of five members elected
at large who shall be electors residing in the district. In 1997, the Ohio
Attorney General issued an opinion which advised that a high school
student could serve on a board of education even if he or she attends
school under the jurisdiction of that board. Naturally, he or she would be
subject to applicable conflict of interest statutes.
3313.01