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EMPLOYEE DEFENSE
AND INDEMNIF-
ICATION
Board shall provide for the defense and indemnification of employees in
an action to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to persons or
property caused by an act or omission of the employee if the act or
omission occurred while the employee was acting in good faith and not
manifestly outside the scope of his/her employment
2744.07
EMPLOYEE
REMOVAL FOR
MISCONDUCT
If a district employee is arrested, summoned, or indicted for an alleged
violation of an offense listed in ORC 3319.31 (for licensed staff
members) or ORC 3319.39(B)(1) (for non-licensed employees), the
superintendent must suspend that individual from all duties requiring the
care custody and control of a child while the criminal action is pending.
In addition, the superintendent must “promptly” report the suspension
from duties to the department of education and include in that report the
reason(s) for which the person is arrested, summoned, or indicted.
3319.40
ENERGY
CONSERVATION
PROJECTS
Subject to approval of the Ohio Construction Facilities Commission
(OCFC), school districts are authorized to issue bonds to purchase
energy conservation improvements without voter approval in an amount
up to 9/10 of one percent of the district’s tax valuation. The debt service
on the bonds is to be paid with the estimated savings on energy costs.
Likewise, districts may enter into a series of installment contracts for
energy conservation improvements with the approval of OCFC. The
district is required to monitor the savings, to maintain a report of those
savings, and to submit that report to OCFC annually.
If a district elects not to use general bidding requirements for an
installment payment contract, the contract must be awarded through a
competitive selection process in accordance with rules adopted by the
School Facilities Commission.
Accompanying the application to the OCFC are reports which include:
the forgone residual value of materials or equipment replaced by the
energy conservation measures; a baseline analysis of actual energy
consumption for the preceding five years; and the estimated costs for
measurement and verification of energy savings.
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133.06(G)
3313.372
ENROLLMENT
INCENTIVES,
PROHIBITION
AGAINST
Boards of education of city, exempted village, or local school districts
are specifically prohibited from offering money or “in-kind gift” to any
student or parent as an incentive to enroll in the district. The prohibition
does not apply to books, supplies, equipment, “or other goods” that the
student needs to participate fully in instruction in the district.
3313.648
ENROLLMENT OF
CHILD WHOSE
PARENT IS
INCARCERATED
A school district must admit the child of a parent in a residential or
correctional facility if the child resides in the district, if the other parent is
not known to live in Ohio, and if the child was not previously a tuition
student in the admitting district.
3313.65
ENROLLMENT, OPEN
A policy permitting intradistrict open enrollment is required. Students
participating in intradistrict enrollment do not need to make application
each year.
A board of education MAY adopt a resolution on interdistrict open
enrollment that does one of three things: 1) prohibits enrollment of
students from adjacent or “other” districts (except for tuition students); 2)
permits enrollment of adjacent district students only; or 3) permits the
enrollment of students from adjacent and other districts. The same
3313.97
3313.98