Ohio § 3318.054 Lapse of classroom facilities project due to failure of voters to approve ballot measures

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§ 3318.054 — Lapse of classroom facilities project due to failure of voters to approve ballot measures

Ohio § 3318.054

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3318School Facilities

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3318.054 (2026).

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(A)If conditional approval of a city, exempted village, or local school district's project lapses as provided in section3318.05of the Revised Code, or if conditional approval of a joint vocational school district's project lapses as provided in division (D) of section3318.41of the Revised Code, because the district's electors have not approved the ballot measures necessary to generate the district's portion of the basic project cost, and if the district board desires to seek a new conditional approval of the project, the district board shall request that the Ohio facilities construction commission set the scope, basic project cost, and school district portion of the basic project cost prior to resubmitting the ballot measures to the electors. To do so, the commission shall use the distric

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(A) If conditional approval of a city, exempted village, or local school district's project lapses as provided in section3318.05of the Revised Code, or if conditional approval of a joint vocational school district's project lapses as provided in division (D) of section3318.41of the Revised Code, because the district's electors have not approved the ballot measures necessary to generate the district's portion of the basic project cost, and if the district board desires to seek a new conditional approval of the project, the district board shall request that the Ohio facilities construction commission set the scope, basic project cost, and school district portion of the basic project cost prior to resubmitting the ballot measures to the electors. To do so, the commission shall use the district's current assessed tax valuation and the district's percentile for the prior fiscal year. For a district that has entered into an agreement under section3318.36of the Revised Code and desires to proceed with a project under sections3318.01to3318.20of the Revised Code, the district's portion of the basic project cost shall be the percentage specified in that agreement. The project scope and basic costs established under this division shall be valid for sixteen months from the date the commission approves them.

(B) Upon the commission's approval under division (A) of this section, the district board may submit the ballot measures to the district's electors for approval of the project based on the new project scope and estimated costs. Upon electoral approval of those measures, the district shall be given first priority for project funding as such funds become available.

(C) When the commission determines that funds are available for the district's project, the commission shall do all of the following:

(1) Determine the school district portion of the basic project cost under section3318.032of the Revised Code, in the case of a city, exempted village, or local school district, or under section3318.42of the Revised Code, in the case of a joint vocational school district;

(2) Conditionally approve the project and submit it to the controlling board for approval pursuant to section3318.04of the Revised Code;

(3) Encumber funds for the project under section3318.11of the Revised Code;

(4) Enter into an agreement with the district board under section3318.08of the Revised Code.

Last updated August 22, 2023 at 5:19 PM