Ohio § 3319.20 Notification of nonlicensed employee's guilty plea or conviction of certain offenses

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§ 3319.20 — Notification of nonlicensed employee's guilty plea or conviction of certain offenses

Ohio § 3319.20

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3319Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3319.20 (2026).

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(A)Whenever an employee of a board of education, other than an employee who is a license holder to whom section3319.52of the Revised Code applies, is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a violation of section2907.04or2907.06or of division (A) or (B) of section2907.07of the Revised Code, an offense of violence, theft offense, or drug abuse offense that is not a minor misdemeanor, or a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is substantively comparable to a felony or to a violation or offense of that nature, or if the employee has been found to be eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction or has agreed to participate in a pre-trial diversion program for one of those offenses, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and furnished by the state board of e

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(A) Whenever an employee of a board of education, other than an employee who is a license holder to whom section3319.52of the Revised Code applies, is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a violation of section2907.04or2907.06or of division (A) or (B) of section2907.07of the Revised Code, an offense of violence, theft offense, or drug abuse offense that is not a minor misdemeanor, or a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is substantively comparable to a felony or to a violation or offense of that nature, or if the employee has been found to be eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction or has agreed to participate in a pre-trial diversion program for one of those offenses, the prosecutor in the case, on forms prescribed and furnished by the state board of education, shall notify the employing board of education of the employee's name and residence address, the fact that the employee was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, has been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for, or has agreed to a diversion program for the specified offense, the section of the Revised Code or the municipal ordinance violated, and the sentence imposed by the court.

(B) In the case of a conviction or guilty plea, the prosecutor shall give the notification required by this section no earlier than the fifth day following the expiration of the period within which the employee may file a notice of appeal from the judgment of the trial court under Appellate Rule 4(B) and no later than the eighth day following the expiration of that period. The notification also shall indicate whether the employee appealed the conviction, and, if applicable, the court in which the appeal will be heard. If the employee is permitted, by leave of court pursuant to Appellate Rule 5, to appeal the judgment of the trial court subsequent to the expiration of the period for filing a notice of appeal under Appellate Rule 4(B), the prosecutor promptly shall notify the employing board of education of the appeal and the court in which the appeal will be heard.

(C) In the case of a finding of eligibility for intervention in lieu of conviction or an agreement to participate in a pre-trial diversion program, the prosecutor shall give the notification required by this section by a deadline prescribed by the state board.

(D) As used in this section:

(1) "Drug abuse offense" has the same meaning as in section2925.01of the Revised Code.

(2) "Intervention in lieu of conviction" means intervention in lieu of conviction under section2951.041of the Revised Code.

(3) "Pre-trial diversion program" means a pre-trial diversion program under section2935.36of the Revised Code or a similar diversion program under rules of a court.

(4) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section2935.01of the Revised Code.

(5) "Theft offense" has the same meaning as in section2913.01of the Revised Code.

Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:01 PM