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. 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. 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. 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 For a complete list of such disqualifying offense, please see Appendix R.

3319.39

3319.391

BARS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR NONTEACHING PERSONNEL

3319.20

BIDS, ADVERTISING FOR

3313.46