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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

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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.

BOARD MEMBER HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR CLASSES

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A board member may participate in the district’s insurance program at the member’s expense.

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:

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Evening schools;

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Alternative schools;

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Adult high school continuation programs;

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Americanization school; and

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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. 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.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION- MEMBERSHIP