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Ohio School Law: Discipline

Oh. Rev. Code

Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3313.66
Suspension, expulsion or permanent exclusion - removal from curricular or extracurricular activities.
Oh. Rev. Code Sec. 3319.41
Corporal punishment prohibited in public schools

New Legislation

HB 206 (2024)
12/19/24 Requires Ohio school districts to make a policy to expel a student that poses an “imminent and severe endangerment” for 180 days and potentially longer.

Links

Did You Know that Lawyers Can Help Students at School?
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
FAQs about Ohio's Safe Act
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Ohio's corporal punishment laws prohibit teachers and other public school employees from using physical force as a form of discipline.
Findlaw 6/20/16
Ohio Compilation of School Discipline Laws and Regulations
3/31/23 75 pages of Ohio laws on school punishments prepared by the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments for the US Dept of Ed.
School Discipline: Know Your Rights
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Vague school rules at the root of millions of student suspensions
USA Today 4/1/25

Executive Order

REINSTATING COMMON SENSE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES
Whitehouse.gov 4/23/25. Says discipline must be meted out in a race neutral way.

Truancy

Understanding Truancy
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Letter to prosecutor for absence intervention from Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Asking for absence intervention under Ohio Revised Code 3321.19.
Motion to dismiss the complaint because the school district has not fulfilled its obligations under Ohio Revised Code 3321.19 to provide absence intervention prior to filing a truancy action.
From Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
Absence Intervention Plan
From Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio