Professional Report

EMPLOYEE DEFENSE AND INDEMNIF- ICATION

2744.07

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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 I

EMPLOYEE REMOVAL FOR MISCONDUCT

3319.40

ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS

133.06(G)

3313.372

ENROLLMENT INCENTIVES, PROHIBITION AGAINST

3313.648

ENROLLMENT OF CHILD WHOSE PARENT IS INCARCERATED

3313.65

ENROLLMENT, OPEN

3313.97

3313.98