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copper plate or by a photographic, photostatic, or mechanical device but
specifically does not authorize a rubber stamp signature.
The board president’s signature must appear on high school diplomas.
3313.61
OFFICERS -
ELECTION OF THE
PRESIDENT
The board president to be elected at the meeting held to organize during
the first fifteen days of January (or during January in the case of an
educational service center); the term is for one year only.
3313.14
OFFICERS - VICE-
PRESIDENT
In the case of a vacancy in the office of president, the vice-president
shall serve until the next organization meeting.
In case of a vacancy in the office of the vice-president, the remaining
members of the board shall fill the vacancy by majority vote of the
members present and voting.
Attorney
General
Opinion
68-113
OPEN ENROLLMENT
- INTERDISTRICT
Each board of education shall adopt a policy stating whether the school
district: 1) will not accept inter-district open enrollment students; 2) will
accept inter-district open enrollment students from adjacent districts only;
or 3) will accept inter-district open enrollment students from any Ohio
school district. It is legal but not required for a school district accepting
open enrollment students to provide transportation to open enrollment
students within the boundaries of the educating district. The district will
use bus stops determined through the board’s transportation policy. The
district may also reimburse parents of open enrollment students for the
cost of transporting the student from home to the designated bus stop if
the family income is below the federal poverty level.
Career-technology center districts may not count open enrollment
students in formula ADM if the student’s “native” district is not part of the
vocational education planning district served by the CTC.
Prior to the first full week of October of each year, superintendents are
required to notify the “native” districts of all open enrollment students of
the number of their students who are attending under an approved open
enrollment policy.
A city, local, or exempted village school district may enroll under its
interdistrict open enrollment policy an adjacent or other district
student who is a preschool child with a disability.
ODE will pay to a district that enrolls under its open enrollment policy
an adjacent or other district student who is a preschool child with a
disability, and to deduct from the state education aid of the student's
resident district, $4,000 for that student plus the weighted funding
based on the student’s category of disability.
If a preschool child with a disability who is a resident of one district
receives special education from another district (not through open
enrollment but under an agreement between the districts), the
district providing the education may require the child's district of
residence to pay the tuition of the district providing the education as
calculated in accordance with existing law (rather than half of that
amount).
3313.97
3313.98
3313.981
3313.983
3317.0213
3323.13
OPEN
ENROLLMENT –
INTRADISTRICT
A board of education must adopt an open enrollment policy permitting
parental selection of school buildings within the district. The policy may
include a provision whereby the student does not need to apply annually
for admission.
3313.97
OPENING PRAYER
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the practice of opening