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district.
CERTIFICATE OF
REVENUES (THE 412
CERTIFICATE)
The superintendent is one of three individuals who must sign a “412
certificate” to attach to all qualifying contracts. However, if the district is
in fiscal emergency, then the certificate is signed by a member of the
district’s financial planning and supervision commission. The other
signatories to the certificate are the treasurer and the president of the
board of education.
A “qualifying contract” for which a 412 certificate is required is any
agreement for the expenditure of money under which the aggregate
payments from the funds included in the school district’s five year
forecast will exceed the lesser of:
$500,000; or
One percent of the total revenue to be credited in the current fiscal
year to the district’s general fund, as specified in the most
recent certificate of estimated resources.
There is also an alternative 412 certificate. This requires that the district
is signing a contract for a multi-year agreement for materials, equipment,
or non-payroll services essential to the district and that the savings over
the duration of the contract are greater than for a single year contract.
The multi-year contract must also allow the district to reduce the deficit it
is projecting in its five year forecast. The signature requirements for this
certificate are identical to those for the standard 412 certificate.
5705.412
CHARTERING OF
SCHOOLS AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
The State Board of Education shall establish standards, classify and
charter school districts and individual schools, and revoke charters of
schools that fail to meet standards.
The state board of education is empowered to revoke the charter of any
school district or school which fails to meet the minimum standards
prescribed by the board. If a school district charter is revoked, the state
board may dissolve the district and transfer its territory to one or more
adjacent districts. Prior to this transfer, the state board is required to
notify the appropriate ESC governing board and all adjacent district
boards of education of the pending dissolution and accept
recommendations regarding the transfer of territory. While the state
board is required to devise “an equitable division of the funds, property,
and indebtedness,” the board of education of a receiving school district
“shall accept” the territory in accordance with the order of the state
board. However, the state board’s order is subject to a referendum of
the voters in the affected territory if a petition signed by a majority of the
number of electors voting in the last general election is submitted.
School districts are classified as city, local, exempted village,
cooperative education districts, or joint vocational school districts.
3301.16
3301.161
3311.01
CHICKEN POX
EPIDEMIC
If the director of the state health department declares that a chicken pox
epidemic occurs in a school’s population, the school may deny
admission to a pupil otherwise exempted from the chicken pox
requirement until such time as the health director declares that the
epidemic no longer exists. The policy adopted by the board of
education must prescribe procedures to preserve the student’s
academic standing during the time that the child is excluded from
school.
3313.671
CHILD NUTRITION
PROGRAMS
A board of education can be required by the state board of education to
establish a school breakfast and/or lunch program if at least 20% of the
3313.813