Ohio § 3321.38 Prohibiting failure to send child to school

Ohio Statutes

§ 3321.38 — Prohibiting failure to send child to school

Ohio § 3321.38

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3321School Attendance

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3321.38 (2026).

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(A)No parent, guardian, or other person having care of a child of compulsory school age shall violate any provision of section3321.01,3321.03,3321.04,3321.07,3321.10,3321.19,3321.20, or3331.14of the Revised Code. The juvenile court, which has exclusive original jurisdiction over any violation of this section pursuant to section2151.23of the Revised Code, may require a person convicted of violating this division to give bond in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars with sureties to the approval of the court, conditioned that the person will cause the child under the person's charge to attend upon instruction as provided by law, and remain as a pupil in the school or class during the term prescribed by law. If the juvenile court adjudicates the child as an unruly or delinquent child f

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(A) No parent, guardian, or other person having care of a child of compulsory school age shall violate any provision of section3321.01,3321.03,3321.04,3321.07,3321.10,3321.19,3321.20, or3331.14of the Revised Code. The juvenile court, which has exclusive original jurisdiction over any violation of this section pursuant to section2151.23of the Revised Code, may require a person convicted of violating this division to give bond in a sum of not more than five hundred dollars with sureties to the approval of the court, conditioned that the person will cause the child under the person's charge to attend upon instruction as provided by law, and remain as a pupil in the school or class during the term prescribed by law. If the juvenile court adjudicates the child as an unruly or delinquent child for being an habitual truant pursuant to section2151.35of the Revised Code, the court shall warn the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child that any subsequent adjudication of that nature involving the child may result in a criminal charge against the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child for a violation of division (C) of section2919.21or section2919.24of the Revised Code.

(B) This section does not relieve from prosecution and conviction any parent, guardian, or other person upon further violation of any provision in any of the sections specified in division (A) of this section, any provision of section2919.222or2919.24of the Revised Code, or division (C) of section2919.21of the Revised Code. A forfeiture of the bond shall not relieve that parent, guardian, or other person from prosecution and conviction upon further violation of any provision in any of those sections or that division.

(C) Section4109.13of the Revised Code applies to this section.

(D) No parent, guardian, or other person having care of a child of compulsory school age shall fail to give bond as required by division (A) of this section in the sum of not more than five hundred dollars with sureties as required by the court.