Ohio school districts

From Sunshine Review

School districts in Ohio are classified as either city school districts, exempted village school districts, or local school districts. City and exempted village school districts are exempted from county boards of education, local school districts remain under county school board supervision. This list includes 597 of the Ohio school districts.

[edit] School spending

From 1998-2008, the state of Ohio has increased its spending on public schools by 78 percent. Governor Ted Strickland anticipates "only a 45 percent increase" from 2008-2016.^[1]

[edit] Types of districts

In Ohio, the school districts that provide primary and secondary education directly elect their governing boards and have independent taxing authority.

There are three types of school districts that provide primary and secondary education:

The city district.
The exempted village district.
The local district.

Laws governing these districts is contained in Ohio Revised Code, 3311.

[edit] City districts

City school districts include the territory within the city, and the territory attached to it for school purposes, minus the territory detached from it for school purposes. City school districts are exempt from the supervision of the county board of education.

[edit] Exempted village districts

Exempted village school district boundaries contain the entire village plus any territory attached to it for school district purposes. The use of the term "exempted" refers to an exemption from supervision by the county board of education.

No exempted village school district have been, or can be, created after June 1, 1954.

[edit] Local school districts

The so-called "local school districts" are any school districts in Ohio that provide primary and secondary education, and that are not city school or exempted village districts. Local school districts are under the supervision of the county board of education.

[edit] County boards of education

County boards of education are elected, but do not possess taxing authority.
The territory in a county school district includes the territory of all the local school districts in that county.
If there is only one local school district, then the county board becomes the policy board of that district and it gains taxing authority.

[edit] Joint vocational district

State law mandates that vocational education be available to all pupils, and that the minimum enrollment base for providing that education is 1,500 pupils. Any two or more schools may reach this base by forming joint vocational school districts. The joint vocational school district board, in most cases, consists of one or more persons who are members of the boards of each constituent school district. The board so formed has taxing authority.

[edit] Higher education districts

Ohio defines a number of different types of special districts for higher education;

The community college district.
The municipal university.
The technical college district.
The state community college.

The policy boards of all these districts are appointed. All of them, with the exception of the state community college district, have taxing authority.

Contents

Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

[edit] B

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

[edit] G

[edit] H

[edit] I

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] L

[edit] M

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

[edit] R

[edit] S

[edit] T

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

[edit] X

Xenia Community City School District, Ohio, Xenia

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

[edit] External links

Ohio school websites

[edit] References

↑ Columbus Dispatch, "Levies fewer but longer under school-funding plan", January 30, 2009

[0] Columbus Dispatch, "Levies fewer but longer under school-funding plan", January 30, 2009

[1]

	v • d • e State of Ohio Columbus (capital)
Transparency	Open Records Law \| Transparency Checklist \| Government corruption reports \| Transparency Legislation \| Open Records procedures \| Transparency Advocates \| Transparency blogs \| State budget \| Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations \|
Divisions	State \| List of Counties \| List of Cities \| List of Towns \| List of School Districts \| Evaluation of county websites \| Evaluation of city websites \| Evaluation of township websites \| Evaluation of school district websites \|
Government	Ohio State Constitution \| Executive \| House of Representatives \| Senate \|
Judiciary	Ohio Supreme Court \| Supreme Court elections \| Courts of Common Pleas \| District Courts of Appeal \| Judicial Nominating Commission \| Judicial news \| Judicial activist organizations \|
Ballot Measures	Ballot measures \| List of ballot measures by year \| Procedures for qualifying an initiative \| Amending the constitution \| History of direct democracy \| Campaign finance requirements \| Vote fraud \|