Ohio § 3323.143 Custodial parent financially responsible for unilateral placement

Ohio Statutes

§ 3323.143 — Custodial parent financially responsible for unilateral placement

Ohio § 3323.143

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3323Education of Children with Disabilities

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3323.143 (2026).

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If a child with a  disability's custodial  parent has made a unilateral placement of  the child, the parent  shall be responsible for payment of tuition  to the program or  facility the child is attending as a result of  that placement as  long as the district of residence has offered a  free appropriate  public education to that child. As used in this  section,  "unilateral placement" means withdrawing a  child with a  disability from a program or facility operated by the  district of  residence or from a program or facility with which the  district  of residence has arranged for education of the child and  instead  enrolling that child in another program or facility that  is not a  home, as defined in section3313.64of the Revised Code,  or that  is not a facility or program available to 

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If a child with a disability's custodial parent has made a unilateral placement of the child, the parent shall be responsible for payment of tuition to the program or facility the child is attending as a result of that placement as long as the district of residence has offered a free appropriate public education to that child. As used in this section, "unilateral placement" means withdrawing a child with a disability from a program or facility operated by the district of residence or from a program or facility with which the district of residence has arranged for education of the child and instead enrolling that child in another program or facility that is not a home, as defined in section3313.64of the Revised Code, or that is not a facility or program available to the child pursuant to an open enrollment policy under section3313.98or3313.983of the Revised Code.