Ohio Senate Bill SB1 Enrolled / Bill

                    (136th General Assembly)
(Substitute Senate Bill Number 1)
AN ACT
To amend sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 
3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 
4117.14, and 4117.15; to enact new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 
3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 
3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88; and 
to repeal section 3333.045 of the Revised Code to enact the Advance Ohio Higher 
Education Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 3344.01, 
3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 4117.15 be 
amended and new section 3333.045 and sections 3345.029, 3345.0216, 3345.0217, 3345.0218, 
3345.0219, 3345.382, 3345.451, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.455, 3345.456, 3345.591, 
3345.80, and 3345.88 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3333.045.  As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same  
meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
The chancellor of higher education, in consultation with state institutions of higher education 
and members of their boards of trustees, shall develop and annually deliver educational programs for 
members of a board of trustees of each state institution. The chancellor may deliver the programs 
virtually and may offer the programs periodically throughout each year. New members of a board of 
trustees shall participate in the programs at least once in their first two years in office. Current 
members of a board of trustees shall participate in continuing trustee training at levels to be 
determined by the chancellor.
The educational programs shall be designed to address the role, duties, and responsibilities 
of a member of a board of trustees and may include in-service programs on current issues in higher 
education. In developing the educational programs, the chancellor may consider similar programs 
offered in other states or through a recognized trustee group.
The educational programs shall include presentations and content related to all of the 
following:
(A) Each board member's duty to the state of Ohio;
(B) The committee structure and function of a board of trustees;
(C) The duties of the executive committee of a board of trustees;
(D) Professional accounting and reporting standards; Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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(E) Methods for meeting the statutory, regulatory, and fiduciary obligations of a board of 
trustees;
(F) The requirements of the public records law;
(G) Institutional ethics and conflicts of interest;
(H) Creating and implementing institution-wide rules and regulations;
(I) Business operations, administration, budgeting, financing, financial reporting, and 
financial reserves, including a segment on endowment management;
(J) Fixing student general and instructional fees, and other necessary charges, including a 
review of student debt trends;
(K) Overseeing planning, construction, maintenance, expansion, and renovation projects that 
impact the state institution's consolidated infrastructure, physical facilities, and natural environment, 
including its lands, improvements, and capital equipment;
(L) Workforce planning, strategy, and investment;
(M) Institutional advancement, including philanthropic giving, fundraising initiatives, 
alumni programming, communications and media, government and public relations, and community 
affairs;
(N) Student welfare issues, including academic studies, curriculum, residence life, student 
governance and activities, and the general physical and psychological well-being of undergraduate 
and graduate students;
(O) Current national and state issues in higher education;
(P) Future national and state issues in higher education;
(Q) State and federal anti-discrimination laws and a state institution's obligations under 
sections 3345.0217, 3345.0218, and 3345.88 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3335.02. (A) The government of the Ohio state university shall be vested in a board of 
fourteen trustees in 2005, and seventeen trustees beginning in 2006, who shall be appointed by the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the seventeen trustees shall be students 
at the Ohio state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of 
this section. Except 
(1) For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except as provided in division (D)(C) of this 
section and except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for nine years, 
commencing on the fourteenth day of May and ending on the thirteenth day of May. 
(2) For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, 
terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the fourteenth day of May and ending on the 
thirteenth day of May.
Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for 
which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the 
remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, 
whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of 
such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last 
day of the term for which the person previously served. The trustees shall not receive compensation 
for their services, but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the 
discharge of their official duties.
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall be 
students at the Ohio state university. Unless student members have been granted voting power under 
division (C) of this section, they Student members shall have no voting power on the board, shall not 
be considered as members of the board in determining whether a quorum is present, and shall not be 
entitled to attend executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be 
appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five 
candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and 
approved by the university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student 
members shall commence on May 14, 1988, and shall expire on May 13, 1989, and the initial term 
of office of the other student member shall commence on May 14, 1988, and expire on May 13, 
1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the 
same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event a student member 
cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same 
manner used to make the original selection.
(C) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the board of 
trustees shall adopt a resolution that does one of the following:
(1) Grants the student members of the board voting power on the board. If so granted, in 
addition to having voting power, the student members shall be considered as members of the board 
in determining whether a quorum is present and shall be entitled to attend executive sessions of the 
board.
(2) Declares that student members do not have voting power on the board.
Thereafter, the board may change the voting status of student trustees by adopting a 
subsequent resolution. Each resolution adopted under this division shall take effect on the fourteenth 
day of May following the adoption of the resolution. All members with voting power at the time of 
the adoption of a resolution may vote on the resolution.
If student members are granted voting power under this division, no student shall be 
disqualified from membership on the board of trustees because the student receives a scholarship, 
grant, loan, or any other financial assistance payable out of the state treasury or a university fund, or 
because the student is employed by the university in a position pursuant to a work-study program or 
other student employment, including as a graduate teaching assistant, graduate administrative 
assistant, or graduate research assistant, the compensation for which is payable out of the state 
treasury or a university fund. Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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Acceptance of such financial assistance or employment by a student trustee shall not be 
considered a violation of Chapter 102. or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code.
(D)(1)(C)(1) The initial terms of office for the three additional trustees appointed in 2005 
shall commence on a date in 2005 that is selected by the governor with one term of office expiring 
on May 13, 2009, one term of office expiring on May 13, 2010, and one term of office expiring on 
May 13, 2011, as designated by the governor upon appointment. Thereafter terms of office for 
trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, shall be for nine years, as provided in division (A) (A)(1) of 
this section. Terms of office for trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, shall be for six years, as 
provided in division (A)(2) of this section.
(2) The initial terms of office for the three additional trustees appointed in 2006 shall 
commence on May 14, 2006, with one term of office expiring on May 13, 2012, one term of office 
expiring on May 13, 2013, and one term of office expiring on May 13, 2014, as designated by the 
governor upon appointment. Thereafter terms of office for trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, 
shall be for nine years, as provided in division (A) (A)(1) of this section. Terms of office for trustees 
appointed on or after July 1, 2025, shall be for six years, as provided in division (A)(2) of this 
section.
Sec. 3335.09. The board of trustees of the Ohio state university shall elect, fix the 
compensation of, and remove, the president and such number of professors, teachers, and other 
employees as are necessary. Except as provided under division (C) of section 3335.02 of the Revised 
Code, no No trustee, or relative of a trustee by blood or marriage, shall be eligible to a professorship 
or position in the university, the compensation for which is payable out of the state treasury or a 
university fund. The board shall fix and regulate the course of instruction and prescribe the extent 
and character of experiments to be made at the university.
Sec. 3337.01. (A) The body politic and corporate by the name and style of "The President 
and Trustees of the Ohio University" now in the university instituted and established in Athens by 
the name and style of "The Ohio University" shall consist of a board of trustees composed of eleven 
members, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. At 
least five of the trustees who are not students shall be graduates of Ohio university. Two of the 
trustees shall be students at Ohio university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance 
with division (B) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. Except For trustees 
appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for 
nine years, commencing on the fourteenth day of May and ending on the thirteenth day of May, 
except that upon expiration of the term ending on May 14, 1978, the new term which succeeds it 
shall commence on May 15, 1978, and end on May 13, 1987. For trustees appointed on or after July 
1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing 
on the fourteenth day of May and ending on the thirteenth day of May. Each member shall hold 
office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. 
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member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member 
shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's 
successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person 
who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible for 
reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the 
person previously served. Such trustees shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be 
paid their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of the Ohio university have no voting 
power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 14, 1988, and shall 
expire on May 13, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence 
on May 14, 1988, and expire on May 13, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall 
be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it 
succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill the student member's two-year term, a 
replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original 
selection.
Sec. 3339.01. (A) The government of Miami university shall be vested in eleven trustees, 
who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the 
trustees shall be students at Miami university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance 
with division (B) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. Except For trustees 
appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for 
nine years, commencing on the first day of March and ending on the last day of February, except 
that upon expiration of the trustee term ending on March 1, 1974, the trustee term which succeeds it 
shall commence on March 2, 1974, and end on February 28, 1983; upon expiration of the trustee 
term ending on March 1, 1977, the trustee term which succeeds it shall commence on March 2, 
1977, and end on February 28, 1986; upon expiration of the trustee term ending on March 1, 1978, 
the trustee term which succeeds it shall commence on March 2, 1978, and end on February 28, 1987; 
and upon expiration of the trustee term ending on March 1, 1979, the trustee term which succeeds it 
shall commence on March 2, 1979, and end on February 29, 1988. For trustees appointed on or after 
July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years, 
commencing on the first day of March and ending on the last day of February. Each trustee shall 
hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the trustee was 
appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the end of the term for which 
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shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until a successor takes 
office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person who has served 
a full nine-year term or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a 
period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously 
served. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their 
reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. 
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of Miami university have no voting power 
on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining 
whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of 
the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and 
consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by 
the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. The initial 
term of office of one of the student members shall commence on March 1, 1988, and shall expire on 
February 28, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on 
March 1, 1988, and expire on February 28, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members 
shall be for two years, each term ending on the last day of February. In the event that a student 
member cannot fulfill the student member's two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the 
unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3341.02. (A) The government of Bowling Green state university is vested in a board of 
eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. 
Two of the trustees shall be students at Bowling Green state university, and their selection and terms 
shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a 
quorum. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student 
members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May and 
ending on the sixteenth day of May. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six 
years of such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since 
the last day of the term for which the person previously served. For trustees appointed on or after 
July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years, 
commencing on the seventeenth day of May and ending on the sixteenth day of May. 
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of Bowling Green state university have no 
voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on March 17, 1988, and 
shall expire on March 16, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall 
commence on March 17, 1988, and expire on March 16, 1990. After September 22, 2000, terms of  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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office shall commence on the seventeenth day of May and shall end on the sixteenth day of May. 
Terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the 
same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill the 
student member's two-year term, a replacement shall be selected in the manner used for the original 
selection to fill the unexpired term.
(C) The government of Kent state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who 
shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees 
shall be students at Kent state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with 
division (D) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. Except For trustees 
appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student members, terms of office shall be for 
nine years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May and ending on the sixteenth day of May. No 
person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible 
for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the 
person previously served. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the terms of 
student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the seventeenth day of May 
and ending on the sixteenth day of May. 
(D) The student members of the board of trustees of Kent state university have no voting 
power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 17, 1988, and shall 
expire on May 16, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence 
on May 17, 1988, and expire on May 16, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall 
be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it 
succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill the student member's two-year term, a 
replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original 
selection.
(E) The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their 
reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
(F) Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for 
which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the 
remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the 
trustee's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever 
occurs first.
Sec. 3343.02. (A) The government of Central state university shall be vested in a board of  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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trustees to be known as "the board of trustees of the Central state university." Such board shall 
consist of eleven members who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of 
the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at Central state university, and their selection and 
terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. A majority of the board constitutes a 
quorum. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the student members, terms 
of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day 
of June. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the student members, terms of 
office shall be for six years, commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of 
June. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for 
which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the 
remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of 
the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has 
elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six 
years of such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since 
the last day of the term for which the person previously served. 
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of Central state university have no voting 
power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on July 1, 1988, and shall 
expire on June 30, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence 
on July 1, 1988, and expire on June 30, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall 
be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it 
succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be 
selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3344.01. (A) There is hereby created the Cleveland state university. The government of 
the Cleveland state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at the 
Cleveland state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of 
this section. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the student members, 
terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the second day of May and ending on the 
first day of May. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the student members, 
terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the second day of May and ending on the first 
day of May. Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for 
which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the 
remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the 
trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, 
whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of 
such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last 
day of the term for which the person previously served. The trustees shall receive no compensation 
for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the 
discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. 
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of the Cleveland state university have no 
voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 2, 1988, and shall 
expire on May 1, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on 
May 2, 1988, and expire on May 1, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for 
two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. 
In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to 
fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3345.029.  (A) As used in this section: 
(1) "Community college" has the same meaning as in section 3333.168 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Course syllabus" means a document produced for students by a course instructor that 
includes all of the following:
(a) The name of the course instructor;
(b) A calendar for the course outlining what materials and topics will be covered and when 
during the course they will be covered;
(c) A list of any required or recommended readings for the course;
(d) The course instructor's professional qualifications.
(3) "General syllabus" means a document produced for students by a community college 
regarding a course that includes both of the following: 
(a) A calendar for the course outlining what materials and topics will be covered and when 
during the course they will be covered;
(b) A list of any required or recommended readings for the course.
(4) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
(B) Beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, each state institution of higher education 
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doing one of the following:
(1) Ensuring that each course instructor posts a course syllabus on a publicly accessible web 
site. Each such web site shall include the following information:
(a) The course instructor's professional qualifications;
(b) The course instructor's contact information;
(c) The course instructor's course schedule;
(d) The course syllabus for each course the instructor is currently teaching, which shall be 
accessible by link or download through the web site.
(2) Posting a course syllabus for each course on the institution's publicly accessible web site. 
Each course syllabus shall be all of the following: 
(a) Accessible from the main page of the state institution's web site by use of not more than 
three links;
(b) Searchable by keywords and phrases;
(c) Accessible to the public without requiring user registration of any kind.
(3) If the institution is a community college, posting a general syllabus for a course on the 
college's publicly accessible web site. Each general syllabus shall be all of the following:
(a) Accessible from the main page of the college's web site by use of not more than three 
links;
(b) Searchable by keywords and phrases;
(c) Accessible to the public without requiring user registration of any kind.
(C)(1) Each state institution shall make a syllabus available in accordance with division (B) 
of this section not later than the first day of classes for the semester or academic term in which the 
course is offered. 
(2) For any syllabus posted under division (B)(1) of this section that is no longer used, the 
course instructor shall, upon request, make that syllabus available for not less than two years after 
that syllabus was posted under that division.
(3) Any syllabus posted under division (B)(2) or (3) of this section shall remain posted on 
the state institution's web site for not less than two years after it was first posted.
(4) To the extent practicable, each state institution shall ensure that the most recently 
updated syllabus for each undergraduate course it offers for college credit is posted in accordance 
with division (B) of this section.
(D) Divisions (B) and (C) of this section do not apply to a college course that is offered 
through the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code, 
delivered in a secondary school, and taught by a high school teacher.
(E) Each state institution shall designate an administrator to implement the institution's 
responsibilities under this section. The administrator may assign duties for that purpose to one or 
more administrative employees.
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requirements under this section for the chancellor of higher education in accordance with guidelines 
established under section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code.
The chancellor shall prepare a report that includes each report received from a state 
institution under this division.
(G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a publicly available syllabus to 
include the location or time of day at which a course is being held.
Sec. 3345.0216.  (A) Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section  
3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall incorporate all of the following statements into a statement of 
commitment:
(1) The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous 
intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
(2) The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop 
the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
(3) The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or 
prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
(4) The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of 
civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities 
for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education 
community.
(5) The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as 
individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with 
regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or 
gender expression.
(B) Each state institution of higher education shall prominently post the statement of 
commitment developed under this section on its publicly accessible web site and alongside the state 
institution's mission statement in any place in which the mission statement appears, including when 
it is published or posted. Each institution shall include the statement of commitment in any 
solicitations and offers of admission to students and any offers of employment to faculty.
Sec. 3345.0217.  (A) As used in this section: 
(1) "Controversial belief or policy" means any belief or policy that is the subject of political 
controversy, including issues such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, diversity, 
equity, and inclusion programs, immigration policy, marriage, or abortion.
(2) "Intellectual diversity" means multiple, divergent, and varied perspectives on an 
extensive range of public policy issues.
(3) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
(B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the board of trustees of 
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requires the institution to do all of the following:
(1)(a) Prohibit all of the following:
(i) Any orientation or training course regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, unless the 
institution submits a written request for an exception to the chancellor of higher education because 
the institution determines the orientation or training course is exempt from that prohibition because 
all aspects of the orientation or course are required to do any of the following:
(I) Comply with state and federal laws or regulations;
(II) Comply with state or federal professional licensure requirements;
(III) Obtain or retain accreditation.
The exception request shall include an explanation of the circumstances and the effort made 
by the institution to comply with division (B)(1)(a)(i) of this section.
(ii) The continuation of existing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments;
(iii) Establishing new diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or departments;
(iv) Using diversity, equity, and inclusion in job descriptions;
(v) Contracting with consultants or third-parties whose role is or would be to promote 
admissions, hiring, or promotion on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, 
gender identity, or gender expression;
(vi) The establishment of any new institutional scholarships that use diversity, equity, and 
inclusion in any manner. For any institutional scholarships existing on the effective date of this 
section, a state institution shall, to the extent possible, eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion 
requirements. If the state institution is unable to do so because of donor requirements, the institution 
may continue to offer those institutional scholarships. However, the state institution shall not accept 
any additional funds for the operation of institutional scholarships that have diversity, equity, and 
inclusion requirements. 
(b) A state institution shall not replace any orientation, training, office, or position 
designated for the purpose of diversity, equity, and inclusion that is prohibited under this division 
with an orientation, training, office, or position under a different designation that serves the same or 
similar purposes, or that uses the same or similar means. 
(c) In the event that the requirements to obtain a research grant conflict with the prohibitions 
listed under division (B)(1)(a) of this section, a state institution shall endeavor, to the extent 
possible, to comply with division (B)(1)(a) of this section while retaining eligibility for the research 
grant, including by consulting with legal counsel. A state institution that is unable to comply with 
division (B)(1)(a) of this section with respect to a research grant shall submit a written request for an 
exception to the chancellor. The exception request shall include an explanation of the circumstances 
and the effort made by the state institution to comply with division (B)(1)(a) of this section while 
retaining eligibility for the research grant.
(d) Divisions (B)(1)(a) and (c) of this section do not apply to agreements or contracts 
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(a) and (c) of this section apply to any renewal of such agreements or contracts occurring on or after 
the effective date of this section.
(2) Affirm and declare that its primary function is to practice, or support the practice, 
discovery, improvement, transmission, and dissemination of knowledge and citizenship education by 
means of research, teaching, discussion, and debate;
(3) Affirm and declare that, to fulfill the function described in division (B)(2) of this section, 
the state institution shall ensure the fullest degree of intellectual diversity;
(4) Affirm and declare that faculty and staff shall allow and encourage students to reach their 
own conclusions about all controversial beliefs or policies and shall not seek to indoctrinate any 
social, political, or religious point of view;
(5) Demonstrate intellectual diversity for course approval, approval of courses to satisfy 
general education requirements, student course evaluations, common reading programs, annual 
reviews, strategic goals for each department, and student learning outcomes.
Divisions (B)(2) to (5) of this section do not apply to the exercise of professional judgment 
about how to accomplish intellectual diversity within an academic discipline, unless that exercise is 
misused to constrict intellectual diversity.
(6) Declare that it will not endorse or oppose, as an institution, any controversial belief or 
policy, except on matters that directly impact the institution's funding or mission of discovery, 
improvement, and dissemination of knowledge. The institution may also endorse the congress of the 
United States when it establishes a state of armed hostility against a foreign power.
This division does not include the recognition of national and state holidays, support for the 
Constitution and laws of the United States or the state of Ohio, or the display of the American or 
Ohio flag. 
(7) Affirm and declare that the state institution will not encourage, discourage, require, or 
forbid students, faculty, or administrators to endorse, assent to, or publicly express a given ideology, 
political stance, or view of a social policy, nor will the institution require students to do any of those 
things to obtain an undergraduate or post-graduate degree.
Divisions (B)(6) and (7) of this section do not apply to the exercise of professional judgment 
about whether to endorse the consensus or foundational beliefs of an academic discipline, unless that 
exercise is misused to take an action prohibited in division (B)(6) of this section.
(8) Prohibit political and ideological litmus tests in all hiring, promotion, and admissions 
decisions, including diversity statements and any other requirement that applicants describe their 
commitment to any ideology, principle, concept, or formulation that requires commitment to any 
controversial belief or policy;
(9) Affirm and declare that no hiring, promotion, or admissions process or decision shall 
encourage, discourage, require, or forbid students, faculty, or administrators to endorse, assent to, or 
publicly express a given ideology or political stance;
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other assessment of an applicant's political or ideological views in any hiring, promotions, or 
admissions process or decision;
(11) Affirm and declare that no process or decision regulating conditions of work or study, 
such as committee assignments, course scheduling, or workload adjustment policies, shall 
encourage, discourage, require, or forbid students, faculty, or administrators to endorse, assent to, or 
publicly express a given ideology or political stance;
(12) Affirm and declare that the state institution will seek out invited speakers who have 
diverse ideological or political views;
(13) Post prominently on its web site a complete list of all speaker fees, honoraria, and other 
emoluments in excess of five hundred dollars for events that are sponsored by the state institution. 
That information shall be all of the following:
(a) Accessible from the main page of the institution's web site by use of not more than three 
links;
(b) Searchable by keywords and phrases;
(c) Accessible to the public without requiring user registration of any kind.
(C) Each state institution of higher education shall respond to complaints from any student, 
student group, or faculty member about an alleged violation of the prohibitions and requirements 
included in the policy adopted under this section using the process established under division (C) of 
section 3345.0215 of the Revised Code. 
(D)(1) Nothing in this section prohibits faculty or students from classroom instruction, 
discussion, or debate, so long as faculty members allow students to express intellectual diversity.
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits a state institution of higher education from complying 
with any state or federal law to provide disability services or to permit student organizations, 
including fraternities and sororities.
(E) The general assembly may withhold or reduce any state operating subsidy payments, 
state capital improvement funds, or other state appropriation to a state institution of higher education 
if the general assembly determines the institution has failed to comply with the requirements 
established under this section.
Sec. 3345.0218.  (A) As used in this section: 
(1) "Intellectual diversity" has the same meaning as in section 3345.0217 of the Revised 
Code.
(2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
(B) Each state institution of higher education shall respond to complaints regarding any 
administrator, faculty member, staff, or student who interferes with the intellectual diversity rights, 
prescribed under section 3345.0217 of the Revised Code, of another using the process established 
under division (C) of section 3345.0215 of the Revised Code.
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afforded to them under section 3345.0217 of the Revised Code and any policies it has adopted to put 
them into practice, including by providing the information to new employees and to each student 
during any new student orientation the institution offers.
(D) Each state institution shall comply with any reporting guidelines established by the 
chancellor under section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code regarding any violations of the intellectual 
diversity rights prescribed under section 3345.0217 of the Revised Code by any individual under the 
institution's jurisdiction and any consequent disciplinary sanctions issued for that violation. 
Sec. 3345.0219.  Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of  
the Revised Code, shall comply with guidelines established by the chancellor of higher education 
when the institution adopts policies or issues reports under sections 3345.029, 3345.0217, 
3345.0218, 3345.452, 3345.453, 3345.454, 3345.591, 3345.80, and 3345.88 of the Revised Code. 
The guidelines shall address the form and manner by which the state institution shall submit a policy 
or report to the chancellor when the institution is required to do so by one of those sections. The 
chancellor shall post each such policy or report that the chancellor receives on the chancellor's 
publicly accessible web site.
Sec. 3345.382.  (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the  
same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each state institution of higher education shall develop a course with not fewer than 
three credit hours in the subject area of American civic literacy. The course shall include a study of 
the American economic system and capitalism. The course shall comply with the criteria, policies, 
and procedures established under section 3333.16 of the Revised Code. The course may be offered 
under the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. of the Revised Code. The 
course shall, at a minimum, require each student to read all the following:
(1) The entire Constitution of the United States;
(2) The entire Declaration of Independence;
(3) A minimum of five essays in their entirety from the Federalist Papers. The essays shall 
be selected by the department chair.
(4) The entire Emancipation Proclamation;
(5) The entire Gettysburg Address;
(6) The entire Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr;
(7) The writings of Adam Smith, including a study of the principles written in The Wealth of 
Nations.
Any student who takes the course shall be required to pass a cumulative final examination at 
the conclusion of the course that assesses student proficiency about the documents described in 
divisions (B)(1) to (7) of this section.
Each state institution of higher education board of trustees shall adopt a resolution approving 
a plan to offer the course developed under this section. Each state institution shall submit that plan to 
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approving a plan, the chancellor may require a state institution to revise the plan and the course.
(C) Beginning with students who graduate from a state institution of higher education in the 
spring semester, or equivalent quarter, of the 2029-2030 academic year, no state institution of higher 
education shall grant a bachelor's degree to any student unless the student completes a course 
described in division (B) of this section. A state institution may require students to complete the 
course as part of the institution's general education courses of study.
(D) The president of a state institution of higher education, or the president's designee, may 
exempt a student from the requirement to complete a course described in division (B) of this section, 
if the president or designee determines that the student has completed at least one of the following:
(1) A course offered under the college credit plus program established under Chapter 3365. 
of the Revised Code that satisfies the content requirements described in division (B) of this section 
and is approved by the chancellor;
(2) An advanced placement course and examination that satisfy the content requirements 
described in division (B) of this section and are approved by the chancellor, and the student receives 
a score of three or higher on that examination;
(3) At least three credit hours, or the equivalent, in a course in the subject area of American 
history or American government.
(E) This section does not apply to associate's degree programs.
Sec. 3345.45. (A) On or before January 1, 1994, the The chancellor of higher education 
jointly with all state universities institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code, shall develop standards for instructional workloads for full-time and part-time 
faculty in keeping with the universities' institutions' missions and with special emphasis on the 
undergraduate learning experience. The standards shall contain clear guidelines for institutions to 
determine a range of acceptable undergraduate teaching by faculty.
(B) On or before June 30, 1994, the The board of trustees of each state university institution 
of higher education shall take formal action to adopt a faculty workload policy consistent with the 
standards developed under this section. Notwithstanding section 4117.08 of the Revised Code, the 
policies adopted under this section are not appropriate subjects for collective bargaining. 
Notwithstanding division (A) of section 4117.10 of the Revised Code, any policy adopted under this 
section by a board of trustees prevails over any conflicting provisions of any collective bargaining 
agreement between an employees organization and that board of trustees.
(C)(1) The board of trustees of each state university institution of higher education shall 
review the university's institution's policy on faculty tenure and update that policy to promote 
excellence in instruction, research, service, or commercialization, or any combination thereof.
(2) Beginning on July 1, 2018, as As a condition for a state university institution of higher 
education to receive any state funds for research that are allocated to the department of higher 
education under the appropriation line items referred to as either "research incentive third frontier 
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to include multiple pathways for faculty tenure, one of which may be a commercialization pathway, 
in its policy.
(D)(1) At least once every five years, each state institution of higher education shall update 
its faculty workload policy and submit the policy to the chancellor. The updated policies shall be 
approved by the state institution's board of trustees each time it is submitted to the chancellor.
(2) Each state institution of higher education's faculty workload policy shall include all of 
the following:
(a) An objective and numerically defined teaching workload expectation based on credit 
hours as defined in 34 C.F.R. 600.2;
(b) A definition of all faculty workload elements in terms of credit hours as defined in 34 
CFR 600.2 with a full-time workload minimum standard established by the board of trustees and 
made publicly accessible on the state institution's web site;
(c) A definition of justifiable credit hour equivalents for activities other than teaching, 
including research, clinical care, administration, service, and other activities as determined by the 
state institution of higher education;
(d) Administrative action that a state institution of higher education may take, including 
censure, remedial training, for-cause termination, or other disciplinary action, regardless of tenure 
status, if a faculty member fails to comply with the policy's requirements. Termination under these 
circumstances requires the recommendation of the dean, provost, or equivalent official, concurrence 
of the state institution of higher education's president, and approval of the state institution of higher 
education's board of trustees.
Sec. 3345.451.  (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the  
same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) The chancellor of higher education shall develop a minimum set of standard questions 
for use by state institutions of higher education in student evaluations of faculty members. The 
questions shall include the following:
"Does the faculty member create a classroom atmosphere free of political, racial, gender, and 
religious bias?"
(C) Each state institution of higher education shall establish a written system of faculty 
evaluations completed by students with a focus on teaching effectiveness and student learning. Each 
state institution shall include in its student evaluations of faculty the minimum set of standard 
questions developed by the chancellor in division (B) of this section.
(D) Each state institution of higher education shall establish a written system of peer 
evaluations for faculty members with emphasis placed on the faculty member's professional 
development regarding the faculty member's teaching responsibilities. 
Sec. 3345.452.  (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the  
same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
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annual performance evaluation policy and submit the policy to the chancellor of higher education. 
Each policy must contain an appeals process for faculty to appeal the final evaluation. Each state 
institution's board of trustees shall review and update its policy every five years.
(C) Each state institution of higher education shall conduct an annual evaluation for each 
full-time faculty member who it directly compensates.
(D) Each faculty annual performance evaluation shall meet all of the following:
(1) The evaluation is comprehensive and includes standardized, objective, and measurable 
performance metrics.
(2) The evaluation includes an assessment of performance for each of the following areas 
that the faculty member has spent at least five per cent of their annual work time on over the 
preceding year:
(a) Teaching;
(b) Research;
(c) Service;
(d) Clinical care;
(e) Administration;
(f) Other categories, as determined by the state institution of higher education.
(3) The evaluation includes a summary assessment of the performance areas listed in 
division (D)(2) of this section including the parameters "exceeds performance expectations," "meets 
performance expectations," or "does not meet performance expectations."
(4) Student evaluations conducted pursuant to section 3345.451 of the Revised Code account 
for at least twenty-five per cent of the teaching area component of the evaluation.
(5) The evaluation establishes a projected work effort distribution for the faculty member for 
the next year which shall be used during the next year's evaluation. The distribution shall be 
compliant with the state institution's established workload policies adopted under section 3345.45 of 
the Revised Code and shall receive approval from the dean of faculty or the equivalent.
(E) Evaluations shall be conducted by the department chairperson or equivalent 
administrator, reviewed and approved or disapproved by the dean, and submitted to the provost for 
review. If there is disagreement between the chairperson and dean, the provost shall have final 
decision authority.
Sec. 3345.453.  This section applies only to state institutions of higher education that have  
tenured faculty members.
(A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in 
section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) The board of trustees of each state institution of higher education shall adopt a post-
tenure review policy and submit the policy to the chancellor of higher education. Each policy must 
contain an appeals process for tenured faculty whose post-tenure review process results in a 
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institution's board of trustees shall update the post-tenure review policy every five years.
(C) A state institution of higher education shall conduct a post-tenure review if a tenured 
faculty member receives a "does not meet performance expectations" evaluation within the same 
evaluative category for a minimum of two of the past three consecutive years on the faculty 
member's annual performance evaluation conducted pursuant to section 3345.452 of the Revised 
Code.
(D) A state institution of higher education shall subject any faculty member who maintains 
tenure after a post-tenure review and receives an additional "does not meet performance 
expectations" assessment on any area of the faculty member's annual performance evaluation in the 
subsequent two years to an additional post-tenure review. 
(E) The department chairperson, dean of faculty, or provost of a state institution of higher 
education may require an immediate and for cause post-tenure review at any time for a faculty 
member who has a documented and sustained record of significant underperformance outside of the 
faculty member's annual performance evaluation. For this purpose, for cause shall not be based on a 
faculty member's allowable expression of academic freedom as defined by the state institution of 
higher education or Ohio law. 
(F) The state institution of higher education's post-tenure review due process period, from 
beginning to end, shall not exceed six months, except that a one-time two-month extension may be 
granted by the state institution's president. 
(G) The state institution of higher education's provost shall submit a recommended outcome 
of the post-tenure review process to the institution's entity that is responsible for the final decision of 
post-tenure review pursuant to the institution's policy. The administrative action that a state 
institution of higher education may take includes censure, remedial training, or for-cause 
termination, regardless of tenure status, and any other action permitted by the institution's post-
tenure review policy.
Sec. 3345.454.  This section applies only to state institutions of higher education that have  
tenured faculty members.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
(2) "Retrenchment" means a process by which a state institution of higher education reduces 
programs or services, thus resulting in a temporary suspension or permanent separation of one or 
more institution faculty, to account for a reduction in student population or overall funding, a change 
to institutional missions or programs, or other fiscal pressures or emergencies facing the institution.
(B) In addition to the policies described in sections 3345.45 to 3345.453 of the Revised 
Code, each state institution of higher education board of trustees shall develop policies on tenure and 
retrenchment. Each state institution shall submit those policies to the chancellor of higher education. 
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(C) A state institution of higher education shall eliminate any undergraduate degree program 
it offers if the institution confers an average of fewer than five degrees in that program annually over 
any three-year period. A state institution shall not consider any academic year prior to the first 
academic year in which an undergraduate degree is conferred in determining whether this division 
applies to the program offering that degree.
The chancellor may grant a waiver to a state institution for a program to which this division 
applies. State institutions shall appeal for a waiver in a form and manner determined by the 
chancellor. If the chancellor grants a waiver to a state institution, the chancellor shall establish terms 
under which the state institution may conditionally continue the program, including whether the 
program is eligible to be supported by state share of instruction funds.
Sec. 3345.455.  With respect to a collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after the  
effective date of this section, both of the following apply to the standards, policies, and systems 
adopted under sections 3345.45 to 3345.454 of the Revised Code:
(A) Notwithstanding section 4117.08 of the Revised Code, the standards, policies, and 
systems are not appropriate subjects for collective bargaining.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 4117.10 of the Revised Code, the standards, 
policies, and systems prevail over any conflicting provision of a collective bargaining agreement.
Sec. 3345.456.  (A) As used in this section: 
(1) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
(2) "Retrenchment" has the same meaning as in section 3345.454 of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 3345.454 or 3345.455 of the Revised 
Code, a state institution of higher education that is a party to a collective bargaining agreement in 
effect on the effective date of this section containing a provision regarding retrenchment shall only 
continue to bargain over retrenchment policies for a new or renewed collective bargaining 
agreement with respect to institution faculty that have at least thirty years, but not more than thirty-
five years, of service in one of the state retirement systems at the time of any retrenchment 
determination.
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits a faculty member from accepting any separation 
incentive that may otherwise be offered by a state institution of higher education, regardless of 
whether the incentive is contained in a collective bargaining agreement.
Sec. 3345.591.  (A) As used in this section: 
(1) "People's Republic of China" means the government of China, the Chinese Communist 
Party, the People's Liberation Army, or any other extension of, or entity affiliated with, the 
government of China.
(2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
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from the People's Republic of China or any organization the institution reasonably suspects is acting 
on behalf of the People's Republic of China.
Nothing in this section prohibits a state institution of higher education from accepting 
payments from Chinese citizens related to instructional fees, general fees, special fees, cost of 
instruction, or educational expenses or donations from the institution's alumni.
Nothing in this section prohibits a state institution of higher education from receiving 
philanthropic or unrestricted grants so long as it maintains the structural safeguard requirements 
provided for in division (E) of this section.
(C) Each state institution shall submit to the chancellor of higher education a copy of the 
report it submits to the United States department of education pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1011(f).
(D) Upon request, the chancellor shall make any information reported under division (C) of 
this section available to any member of the general assembly.
(E) A state institution shall notify the chancellor of any new or renewed academic 
partnership with an academic or research institution located in China. A state institution shall only 
enter into a new or renewed academic partnership with an academic or research institution located in 
China if the state institution maintains sufficient structural safeguards to protect the state institution's 
intellectual property, the security of the state of Ohio, and the national security interests of the 
United States. The safeguards shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Compliance with all federal requirements, including the requirements of federal research 
sponsors and federal export control agencies, including regulations regarding international traffic in 
arms and export administration regulations, and economic and trade sanctions administered by the 
federal office of foreign assets control;
(2) Annual formal institution-level programs for faculty on conflicts of interest and conflicts 
of commitment;
(3) A formalized foreign visitor process and uniform visiting scholar agreement. 
(F) The auditor of state shall audit the safeguards implemented by state institutions of higher 
education under division (E) of this section in the course of a normal audit conducted under section 
117.46 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3345.80.  (A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" and "state  
university" have the same meanings as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) For each biennial main operating appropriations bill and capital appropriations bill, each 
state institution of higher education shall prepare, in accordance with guidelines established under 
section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code, a rolling five-year summary of its institutional costs to be 
considered by the general assembly when evaluating operating and capital project funding. The 
chancellor shall submit a report including each state institution's five-year institutional cost 
summaries to the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each state institution of higher education's five-year institutional cost summary shall 
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(1) All costs related to student instruction, including instructor salaries, benefits, and related 
operating costs;
(2) All general staff costs related to maintenance, grounds, utilities, food service, and other 
areas as determined by the institution;
(3) All other costs for staff, including academic administrators, counseling, financial aid 
assistance, healthcare services, and housing management.
(D) Each of the categories presented in the five-year institutional cost summary shall include 
all of the following:
(1) A detailed breakdown of annual costs and employee headcounts;
(2) A complete accounting of all spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion, or related 
subjects;
(3) An annual count of all faculty, administration, and employees.
(E) The chancellor shall consult with state institutions of higher education to develop a 
standardized reporting format for the institutional cost summaries and a uniform approach to 
completing the categories required in division (C) of this section.
(F) During the general assembly's consideration of the main operating appropriations and 
capital appropriations bills, if requested by the chairperson of the senate or house committee that 
considers higher education legislation, the president of each state university and the chancellor of 
higher education shall present in the appropriate hearings conducted by that committee to provide 
commentary on trends, potential justifications, or other explanations regarding the university's five-
year summary of institutional costs. 
(G) Prior to the enactment of the main operating appropriations and capital appropriations 
bills, the chancellor shall create and present to the general assembly an aggregation report 
summarizing the total institutional costs for state universities and community colleges separately. 
Sec. 3345.88.  (A) As used in this section: 
(1) "Position, policy, program, and activity" includes all of the following:
(a) All forms of employment, including staff positions, internships, and work studies;
(b) All policies, including mission statements, hiring policies, promotion policies, and tenure 
policies;
(c) All programs and positions, including deanships, provostships, offices, programs, 
programs presented by residence halls, and committees;
(d) All activities, including those conducted by the administrative units of orientation, first-
year experience, student life, and residential life.
(2) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of 
the Revised Code.
(B) With respect to every position, policy, program, and activity, each state institution of 
higher education shall do both of the following:
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standards, and provide those individuals with equality of opportunity, with regard to those 
individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression;
(2) Provide no advantage or disadvantage to faculty, staff, or students on the basis of race, 
ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in admissions, 
hiring, promotion, tenuring, or workplace conditions.
(C) No state institution of higher education shall provide or require training for any 
administrator, teacher, staff member, or employee that advocates or promotes any of the following 
concepts:
(1) One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.
(2) An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or 
oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
(3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or 
partly because of the individual's race.
(4) Members of one race cannot nor should not attempt to treat others without respect to 
race.
(5) An individual's moral standing or worth is necessarily determined by the individual's race 
or sex.
(6) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions 
committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex.
(7) An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological 
distress on account of his or her race or sex.
(8) Meritocracy or traits such as hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by 
members of a particular race to oppress members of another race.
(9) Fault, blame, or bias should be assigned to a race or sex, or to members of a race or sex 
because of their race or sex.
Division (C) of this section shall not be construed to preclude a state institution of higher 
education from providing or facilitating continuing education that complies with this division's 
requirements to public safety officers.
(D) Each state institution of higher education shall implement a range of disciplinary 
sanctions for any administrator, teacher, staff member, or employee who authorizes or engages in a 
training prohibited in division (C) of this section.
(E) Each state institution of higher education shall issue a report in accordance with 
guidelines established under section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code regarding each of the following:
(1) All violations of division (D) of this section committed by anyone under the institution's 
jurisdiction and of all consequent disciplinary sanctions;
(2) Statistics on the academic qualifications of accepted and matriculating students, 
disaggregated by race and sex. The statistics shall include information correlating students' academic 
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(F) Each state institution of higher education shall prohibit all policies designed explicitly to 
segregate faculty, staff, or students based on those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in credit-earning classroom settings, formal 
orientation ceremonies, and formal graduation ceremonies.
(G) Each state institution of higher education shall respond to complaints from any student, 
student group, or faculty member about an alleged violation of the prohibitions and requirements 
under this section by an employee of the state institution of higher education using the process 
established under division (C) of section 3345.0215 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 3350.10. (A) There is hereby created the northeast Ohio medical university. The 
principal goal of the medical university shall be to collaborate with the university of Akron, 
Cleveland state university, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university to graduate 
physicians oriented to the practice of medicine at the community level, especially family physicians. 
To accomplish this goal, the medical university may incorporate in the clinical experience provided 
its students the several community hospitals in the cities and areas served by the medical university; 
utilize practicing physicians as teachers; and to the fullest extent possible utilize the basic science 
capabilities of the university of Akron, Cleveland state university, Kent state university, and 
Youngstown state universityThe government of northeast Ohio medical university is vested in a 
board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the 
senate pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section. 
(1) Until December 22, 2008, the government of the northeast Ohio medical university is 
vested in a nine-member board of trustees consisting of the presidents of the university of Akron, 
Kent state university, and Youngstown state university; one member each of the boards of trustees of 
the university of Akron, Kent state university, and Youngstown state university, to be appointed by 
their respective boards of trustees for a term of six years ending on the first day of May or until the 
trustee's term on the respective university board of trustees expires, whichever occurs first; and one 
person each to be appointed by the boards of trustees of the university of Akron, Kent state 
university, and Youngstown state university, for a term of nine years ending on the first day of May; 
except that the term of those first appointed by the several boards of trustees shall expire on the first 
day of May next following their appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the 
manner provided for original appointment. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their 
services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of 
their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
(2) Beginning December 22, 2008, the government of the northeast Ohio medical university 
is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and 
consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be current students of the medical university, and 
their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) of this section. Except For trustees 
appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section and except for 
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1, 2025, except for the student members, terms of office shall be for six years. Each trustee shall 
hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the trustee was 
appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for 
which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any 
trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until the 
trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No 
person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible 
for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the 
person previously served. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be 
paid their reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A 
majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
(3) Not later than December 22, 2008, the governor, with the advice and consent of the 
senate, shall appoint the two student trustees and successors for the trustees serving under division 
(A)(1) of this section. Except for the student trustees, who shall serve terms pursuant to division (B) 
of this section, the initial terms of office for trustees appointed under division (A)(2) of this section 
shall be as follows: one term ending September 23, 2009; one term ending September 23, 2010; one 
term ending September 23, 2011; one term ending September 23, 2012; one term ending September 
23, 2013; one term ending September 23, 2014; one term ending September 23, 2015; one term 
ending September 23, 2016; one term ending September 23, 2017. Thereafter, for trustees appointed 
prior to July 1, 2025, terms of office shall be for nine years, as provided in division (A)(2) of this 
section. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, terms of office shall be for six years, as 
provided in division (A)(2) of this section.
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of the northeast Ohio medical university 
have no voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the 
board in determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend 
executive sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected 
pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the 
university's board of trustees. The initial term of office of one of the student members shall 
commence December 22, 2008, and shall expire on June 30, 2009, and the initial term of office of 
the other student member shall commence December 22, 2008, and shall expire on June 30, 2010. 
Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each term ending on the same 
day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot 
fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner 
used to make the original selection.
Sec. 3352.01. (A) There is hereby created a state university to be known as "Wright state 
university." The government of Wright state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who 
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shall be students at Wright state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with 
division (B) of this section. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms 
of student members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the first day of July and 
ending on the thirtieth day of June. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the 
terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the first day of July 
and ending on the thirtieth day of June. Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment 
until the end of the term for which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy 
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall 
hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the 
expiration date of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty 
days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more 
than six years of such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has 
elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously served. The trustees shall 
receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses 
while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. 
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of Wright state university have no voting 
power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on July 1, 1988, and shall 
expire on June 30, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence 
on July 1, 1988, and shall expire on June 30, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members 
shall be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it 
succeeds. In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be 
selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3356.01. (A) There is hereby created Youngstown state university. The government of 
Youngstown state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees, who shall be appointed by the 
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees shall be students at 
Youngstown state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with division (B) 
of this section. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms of student 
members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the second day of May and ending 
on the first day of May. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the terms of 
student members, terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the second day of May and 
ending on the first day of May. Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the 
end of the term for which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy 
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hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the 
expiration date of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty 
days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more 
than six years of such a term shall be eligible to reappointment until a period of four years has 
elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously served. The trustees shall 
receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their reasonable necessary expenses 
while engaged in the discharge of their duties. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum. 
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of Youngstown state university have no 
voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 2, 1988, and shall 
expire on May 1, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on 
May 2, 1988, and expire on May 1, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for 
two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. 
In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to 
fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3359.01. (A) There is hereby created a state university to be known as "The University 
of Akron." The government of the university of Akron is vested in a board of eleven trustees who 
shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees 
shall be students at the university of Akron, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance with 
division (B) of this section. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the terms 
of student members, terms of office shall be for nine years, commencing on the second day of July 
and ending on the first day of July. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the 
terms of student members, terms of office shall be for six years. Each trustee shall hold office from 
the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee 
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the trustee's 
predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any trustee shall 
continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term until the trustee's successor 
takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. No person who has 
served a full nine-year term or more than six years of such a term shall be eligible for reappointment 
until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously 
served. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their 
reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of 
the board constitutes a quorum. 
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power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on July 2, 1988, and shall 
expire on July 1, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence on 
July 2, 1988, and expire on July 1, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall be for 
two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. 
In the event that a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to 
fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3361.01. (A) There is hereby created a state university to be known as the "university of 
Cincinnati." The government of the university of Cincinnati is vested in a board of eleven trustees 
who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the 
trustees shall be students at the university of Cincinnati, and their selection and terms shall be in 
accordance with division (B) of this section. The terms of the first nine members of the board of 
trustees shall commence upon the effective date of the transfer of assets of the state-affiliated 
university of Cincinnati to the university of Cincinnati hereby created. One of such trustees shall be 
appointed for a term ending on the first day of January occurring at least twelve months after such 
date of transfer, and each of the other trustees shall be appointed for respective terms ending on each 
succeeding first day of January, so that one term will expire on each first day of January after 
expiration of the shortest term. Except For trustees appointed prior to July 1, 2025, except for the 
two student trustees, each successor trustee shall be appointed for a term ending on the first day of 
January, nine years from the expiration date of the term the trustee succeeds, except that any person 
appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to serve only for the unexpired term. For trustees 
appointed on or after July 1, 2025, except for the two student trustees, each trustee shall be 
appointed for a term ending on the first day of January, six years from the expiration date of the term 
the trustee succeeds, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to serve 
only for the unexpired term.
Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the trustee's term 
until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs 
first.
No person who has served a full nine-year term or longer or more than six years of such a 
term shall be eligible to reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of 
the term for which the person previously served.
The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their 
reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of 
the board constitutes a quorum. Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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(B) The student members of the board of trustees of the university of Cincinnati have no 
voting power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the 
advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on May 14, 1988, and shall 
expire on May 13, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence 
on May 14, 1988, and expire on May 13, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall 
be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it 
succeeds. In the event that a student cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to 
fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection. 
Sec. 3362.01. (A) There is hereby created a state university to be known as "Shawnee state 
university." The government of Shawnee state university is vested in a board of eleven trustees who 
shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two of the trustees 
shall be students at Shawnee state university, and their selection and terms shall be in accordance 
with division (B) of this section. The remaining trustees shall be appointed as follows: one for a term 
of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, 
one for a term of five years, one for a term of six years, one for a term of seven years, one for a term 
of eight years, and one for a term of nine years. Thereafter, for trustees appointed prior to July 1, 
2025, terms shall be for nine years. For trustees appointed on or after July 1, 2025, terms shall be for 
six years. All terms of office shall commence on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of 
June.
Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for 
which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the 
remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the 
trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, 
whichever occurs first. No person who has served a full nine-year term or more than six years of 
such a term shall be eligible for reappointment until a period of four years has elapsed since the last 
day of the term for which the person previously served.
The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their 
reasonable and necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.
(B) The student members of the board of trustees of Shawnee state university have no voting 
power on the board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in 
determining whether a quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive 
sessions of the board. The student members of the board shall be appointed by the governor, with the  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure 
adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. 
The initial term of office of one of the student members shall commence on July 1, 1988, and shall 
expire on June 30, 1989, and the initial term of office of the other student member shall commence 
on July 1, 1988, and expire on June 30, 1990. Thereafter, terms of office of student members shall 
be for two years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it 
succeeds. In the event a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be 
selected to fill the unexpired term in the same manner used to make the original selection.
Sec. 3364.01. (A) The university of Toledo, as authorized under former Chapter 3360. of the 
Revised Code, and the medical university of Ohio at Toledo, as authorized under former sections 
3350.01 to 3350.05 of the Revised Code, shall be combined as one state university to be known as 
the "university of Toledo."
(B)(1) The government of the combined university of Toledo is vested in a board of trustees 
which, except as prescribed in division (B)(2) of this section, shall be appointed by the governor 
with the advice and consent of the senate. The initial board of trustees of the combined university 
shall be as prescribed in division (B)(2) of this section. After the abolishment of offices as 
prescribed in division (B)(2)(a) of this section, the board of trustees of the combined university shall 
consist of nine voting members, who, if appointed prior to July 1, 2025, shall serve for terms of nine 
years, or, if appointed on or after July 1, 2025, shall serve for terms of six years, and two nonvoting 
members, who shall be students of the combined university and who shall serve for terms of two 
years. Terms of office of trustees shall begin on the second day of July and end on the first day of 
July.
(2) The initial board of trustees of the combined university shall consist of seventeen voting 
members who are the eight members who made up the board of trustees of the medical university of 
Ohio at Toledo prior to May 1, 2006, under former section 3350.01 of the Revised Code, and whose 
terms would expire under that section after May 1, 2006; the eight voting members who made up the 
board of trustees of the university of Toledo, under former section 3360.01 of the Revised Code, and 
whose terms would expire under that section after July 1, 2006; and one additional member 
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The terms of office, 
abolishment of office, and succession of the voting members of the initial board shall be as 
prescribed in division (B)(2)(a) of this section. The initial board also shall consist of two nonvoting 
members who are students of the combined university, as prescribed in division (B)(2)(b) of this 
section.
(a) The term of office of the voting member of the initial board of trustees of the combined 
university who was not formerly a member of either the board of trustees of the medical university 
of Ohio at Toledo or the board of trustees of the university of Toledo shall be for nine years, 
beginning on July 2, 2006, and ending on July 1, 2015.
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expire on July 1 of the year they otherwise would expire under former section 3350.01 or 3360.01 of 
the Revised Code.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2007, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2007.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2008, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2008.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2009, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2009.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2010, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2010.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2011, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2011.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2012, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2012.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2013, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2013.
The office of one voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2014, shall be abolished on 
that date. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the other voting member whose term expires on that date to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2014.
The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a successor to the 
office of the voting member whose term expires on July 1, 2015, to a nine-year term beginning on 
July 2, 2015.
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are appointed prior to July 1, 2025, shall be for nine years beginning on the second day of July and 
ending on the first day of July. The terms of office for voting members of the board of trustees who 
are appointed on or after July 1, 2025, shall be for six years beginning on the second day of July and 
ending on the first day of July.
(b) One of the student members of the initial board of trustees shall be the student member of 
the former university of Toledo board of trustees, appointed under former section 3360.01 of the 
Revised Code, whose term would expire under that section on July 1, 2007. The term of that student 
member shall expire on July 1, 2007. The other student member shall be a new appointee, 
representing the portion of the combined university that made up the former medical university of 
Ohio at Toledo, appointed to a two-year term beginning on July 2, 2006, and ending on July 1, 2008. 
That student trustee shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, 
from a group of three candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student 
governments and approved by the university's board of trustees. Thereafter appointment and terms 
of office of student members of the board of trustees shall be as prescribed by division (B)(3) of this 
section.
(3) The student members of the board of trustees of the combined university shall be 
appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of six candidates 
selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by 
the university's board of trustees. Terms of office of student members shall be for two years, each 
term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as the term it succeeds. In the event that 
a student member cannot fulfill a two-year term, a replacement shall be selected to fill the unexpired 
term in the same manner used to make the original selection.
(4) Each trustee shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for 
which the trustee was appointed. Any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the 
expiration of the term for which the trustee's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the 
remainder of such term. Any trustee shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the 
trustee's term until the trustee's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, 
whichever occurs first.
(5) No person who has served as a voting member of the board of trustees for a full nine-
year term or more than six years of such a term and no person who is a voting member of the initial 
board of trustees as prescribed in division (B)(2)(a) of this section is eligible for reappointment to 
the board until a period of four years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person 
previously served.
No person who served as a voting member of the board of trustees of the former university 
of Toledo, as authorized under former Chapter 3360. of the Revised Code, for a full nine-year term 
or more than six years of such a term, and no person who served on the board of trustees of the 
former medical university of Ohio at Toledo, as authorized under former sections 3350.01 to 
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eligible for appointment to the board of trustees of the combined university until a period of four 
years has elapsed since the last day of the term for which the person previously served.
(C) The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their 
reasonable necessary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their official duties. A majority of 
the board constitutes a quorum. The student members of the board have no voting power on the 
board. Student members shall not be considered as members of the board in determining whether a 
quorum is present. Student members shall not be entitled to attend executive sessions of the board.
Sec. 4117.14. (A) The procedures contained in this section govern the settlement of disputes 
between an exclusive representative and a public employer concerning the termination or 
modification of an existing collective bargaining agreement or negotiation of a successor agreement, 
or the negotiation of an initial collective bargaining agreement. 
(B)(1) In those cases where there exists a collective bargaining agreement, any public 
employer or exclusive representative desiring to terminate, modify, or negotiate a successor 
collective bargaining agreement shall: 
(a) Serve written notice upon the other party of the proposed termination, modification, or 
successor agreement. The party must serve the notice not less than sixty days prior to the expiration 
date of the existing agreement or, in the event the existing collective bargaining agreement does not 
contain an expiration date, not less than sixty days prior to the time it is proposed to make the 
termination or modifications or to make effective a successor agreement. 
(b) Offer to bargain collectively with the other party for the purpose of modifying or 
terminating any existing agreement or negotiating a successor agreement; 
(c) Notify the state employment relations board of the offer by serving upon the board a 
copy of the written notice to the other party and a copy of the existing collective bargaining 
agreement. 
(2) In the case of initial negotiations between a public employer and an exclusive 
representative, where a collective bargaining agreement has not been in effect between the parties, 
any party may serve notice upon the board and the other party setting forth the names and addresses 
of the parties and offering to meet, for a period of ninety days, with the other party for the purpose of 
negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. 
If the settlement procedures specified in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section govern the 
parties, where those procedures refer to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, it means 
the expiration of the sixty-day period to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement referred to in 
this subdivision, or in the case of initial negotiations, it means the ninety-day period referred to in 
this subdivision. 
(3) The parties shall continue in full force and effect all the terms and conditions of any 
existing collective bargaining agreement, without resort to strike or lock-out, for a period of sixty 
days after the party gives notice or until the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement, 
whichever occurs later, or for a period of ninety days where applicable.  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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(4) Upon receipt of the notice, the parties shall enter into collective bargaining. 
(C) In the event the parties are unable to reach an agreement, they may submit, at any time 
prior to forty-five days before the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement, the issues 
in dispute to any mutually agreed upon dispute settlement procedure which supersedes the 
procedures contained in this section. 
(1) The procedures may include: 
(a) Conventional arbitration of all unsettled issues; 
(b) Arbitration confined to a choice between the last offer of each party to the agreement as a 
single package; 
(c) Arbitration confined to a choice of the last offer of each party to the agreement on each 
issue submitted; 
(d) The procedures described in division (C)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section and including 
among the choices for the arbitrator, the recommendations of the fact finder, if there are 
recommendations, either as a single package or on each issue submitted; 
(e) Settlement by a citizens' conciliation council composed of three residents within the 
jurisdiction of the public employer. The public employer shall select one member and the exclusive 
representative shall select one member. The two members selected shall select the third member 
who shall chair the council. If the two members cannot agree upon a third member within five days 
after their appointments, the board shall appoint the third member. Once appointed, the council shall 
make a final settlement of the issues submitted to it pursuant to division (G) of this section. 
(f) Any other dispute settlement procedure mutually agreed to by the parties. 
(2) If, fifty days before the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement, the parties 
are unable to reach an agreement, any party may request the state employment relations board to 
intervene. The request shall set forth the names and addresses of the parties, the issues involved, and, 
if applicable, the expiration date of any agreement. 
The board shall intervene and investigate the dispute to determine whether the parties have 
engaged in collective bargaining. 
If an impasse exists or forty-five days before the expiration date of the collective bargaining 
agreement if one exists, the board shall appoint a mediator to assist the parties in the collective 
bargaining process. 
(3) Any time after the appointment of a mediator, either party may request the appointment 
of a fact-finding panel. Within fifteen days after receipt of a request for a fact-finding panel, the 
board shall appoint a fact-finding panel of not more than three members who have been selected by 
the parties in accordance with rules established by the board, from a list of qualified persons 
maintained by the board. 
(a) The fact-finding panel shall, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the 
board that include the regulation of costs and expenses of fact-finding, gather facts and make 
recommendations for the resolution of the matter. The board shall by its rules require each party to  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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specify in writing the unresolved issues and its position on each issue to the fact-finding panel. The 
fact-finding panel shall make final recommendations as to all the unresolved issues. 
(b) The board may continue mediation, order the parties to engage in collective bargaining 
until the expiration date of the agreement, or both. 
(4) The following guidelines apply to fact-finding: 
(a) The fact-finding panel may establish times and place of hearings which shall be, where 
feasible, in the jurisdiction of the state. 
(b) The fact-finding panel shall conduct the hearing pursuant to rules established by the 
board. 
(c) Upon request of the fact-finding panel, the board shall issue subpoenas for hearings 
conducted by the panel. 
(d) The fact-finding panel may administer oaths. 
(e) The board shall prescribe guidelines for the fact-finding panel to follow in making 
findings. In making its recommendations, the fact-finding panel shall take into consideration the 
factors listed in divisions (G)(7)(a) to (f) of this section. 
(f) The fact-finding panel may attempt mediation at any time during the fact-finding process. 
From the time of appointment until the fact-finding panel makes a final recommendation, it shall not 
discuss the recommendations for settlement of the dispute with parties other than the direct parties to 
the dispute. 
(5) The fact-finding panel, acting by a majority of its members, shall transmit its findings of 
fact and recommendations on the unresolved issues to the public employer and employee 
organization involved and to the board no later than fourteen days after the appointment of the fact-
finding panel, unless the parties mutually agree to an extension. The parties shall share the cost of 
the fact-finding panel in a manner agreed to by the parties. 
(6)(a) Not later than seven days after the findings and recommendations are sent, the 
legislative body, by a three-fifths vote of its total membership, and in the case of the public 
employee organization, the membership, by a three-fifths vote of the total membership, may reject 
the recommendations; if neither rejects the recommendations, the recommendations shall be deemed 
agreed upon as the final resolution of the issues submitted and a collective bargaining agreement 
shall be executed between the parties, including the fact-finding panel's recommendations, except as 
otherwise modified by the parties by mutual agreement. If either the legislative body or the public 
employee organization rejects the recommendations, the board shall publicize the findings of fact 
and recommendations of the fact-finding panel. The board shall adopt rules governing the 
procedures and methods for public employees to vote on the recommendations of the fact-finding 
panel. 
(b) As used in division (C)(6)(a) of this section, "legislative body" means the controlling 
board when the state or any of its agencies, authorities, commissions, boards, or other branch of 
public employment is party to the fact-finding process.  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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(D) If the parties are unable to reach agreement within seven days after the publication of 
findings and recommendations from the fact-finding panel or the collective bargaining agreement, if 
one exists, has expired, then the: 
(1) Public employees, who are members of a police or fire department, members of the state 
highway patrol, deputy sheriffs, dispatchers employed by a police, fire, or sheriff's department or the 
state highway patrol or civilian dispatchers employed by a public employer other than a police, fire, 
or sheriff's department to dispatch police, fire, sheriff's department, or emergency medical or rescue 
personnel and units, an exclusive nurse's unit, employees of Ohio deaf and blind education services, 
employees of any public employee retirement system, corrections officers, guards at penal or mental 
institutions, special police officers appointed in accordance with sections 5119.08 and 5123.13 of the 
Revised Code, psychiatric attendants employed at mental health forensic facilities, youth leaders 
employed at juvenile correctional facilities, or members of a law enforcement security force that is 
established and maintained exclusively by a board of county commissioners and whose members are 
employed by that board,prohibited from striking under this division shall submit the matter to a final 
offer settlement procedure pursuant to a board order issued forthwith to the parties to settle by a 
conciliator selected by the parties. The parties shall request from the board a list of five qualified 
conciliators and the parties shall select a single conciliator from the list by alternate striking of 
names. If the parties cannot agree upon a conciliator within five days after the board order, the board 
shall on the sixth day after its order appoint a conciliator from a list of qualified persons maintained 
by the board or shall request a list of qualified conciliators from the American arbitration association 
and appoint therefrom. 
The following public employees shall not strike:
(a) Members of a police or fire department;
(b) Members of the state highway patrol;
(c) Deputy sheriffs;
(d) Dispatchers employed by a police, fire, or sheriff's department or the state highway patrol 
or civilian dispatchers employed by a public employer other than a police, fire, or sheriff's 
department to dispatch police, fire, sheriff's department, or emergency medical or rescue personnel 
and units;
(e) Members of an exclusive nurse's unit;
(f) Employees of Ohio deaf and blind education services;
(g) Employees of any public employee retirement system;
(h) Corrections officers;
(i) Guards at penal or mental institutions;
(j) Special police officers appointed in accordance with sections 5119.08 and 5123.13 of the 
Revised Code;
(k) Psychiatric attendants employed at mental health forensic facilities;
(l) Youth leaders employed at juvenile correctional facilities; Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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(m) Members of a law enforcement security force that is established and maintained 
exclusively by a board of county commissioners and whose members are employed by that board;
(n) Full-time faculty members of any state institution of higher education.
(2) Public employees other than those listed in division (D)(1) of this section have the right 
to strike under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code provided that the employee organization 
representing the employees has given a ten-day prior written notice of an intent to strike to the 
public employer and to the board, and further provided that the strike is for full, consecutive work 
days and the beginning date of the strike is at least ten work days after the ending date of the most 
recent prior strike involving the same bargaining unit; however, the board, at its discretion, may 
attempt mediation at any time. 
(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the parties, at any time, from 
voluntarily agreeing to submit any or all of the issues in dispute to any other alternative dispute 
settlement procedure. An agreement or statutory requirement to arbitrate or to settle a dispute 
pursuant to a final offer settlement procedure and the award issued in accordance with the agreement 
or statutory requirement is enforceable in the same manner as specified in division (B) of section 
4117.09 of the Revised Code. 
(F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a party from seeking enforcement of 
a collective bargaining agreement or a conciliator's award as specified in division (B) of section 
4117.09 of the Revised Code. 
(G) The following guidelines apply to final offer settlement proceedings under division (D)
(1) of this section: 
(1) The parties shall submit to final offer settlement those issues that are subject to collective 
bargaining as provided by section 4117.08 of the Revised Code and upon which the parties have not 
reached agreement and other matters mutually agreed to by the public employer and the exclusive 
representative; except that the conciliator may attempt mediation at any time. 
(2) The conciliator shall hold a hearing within thirty days of the board's order to submit to a 
final offer settlement procedure, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. 
(3) The conciliator shall conduct the hearing pursuant to rules developed by the board. The 
conciliator shall establish the hearing time and place, but it shall be, where feasible, within the 
jurisdiction of the state. Not later than five calendar days before the hearing, each of the parties shall 
submit to the conciliator, to the opposing party, and to the board, a written report summarizing the 
unresolved issues, the party's final offer as to the issues, and the rationale for that position. 
(4) Upon the request by the conciliator, the board shall issue subpoenas for the hearing. 
(5) The conciliator may administer oaths. 
(6) The conciliator shall hear testimony from the parties and provide for a written record to 
be made of all statements at the hearing. The board shall submit for inclusion in the record and for 
consideration by the conciliator the written report and recommendation of the fact-finders. 
(7) After hearing, the conciliator shall resolve the dispute between the parties by selecting,  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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on an issue-by-issue basis, from between each of the party's final settlement offers, taking into 
consideration the following: 
(a) Past collectively bargained agreements, if any, between the parties; 
(b) Comparison of the issues submitted to final offer settlement relative to the employees in 
the bargaining unit involved with those issues related to other public and private employees doing 
comparable work, giving consideration to factors peculiar to the area and classification involved; 
(c) The interests and welfare of the public, the ability of the public employer to finance and 
administer the issues proposed, and the effect of the adjustments on the normal standard of public 
service; 
(d) The lawful authority of the public employer; 
(e) The stipulations of the parties; 
(f) Such other factors, not confined to those listed in this section, which are normally or 
traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of the issues submitted to final offer 
settlement through voluntary collective bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, or other impasse 
resolution procedures in the public service or in private employment. 
(8) Final offer settlement awards made under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code are subject 
to Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code. 
(9) If more than one conciliator is used, the determination must be by majority vote. 
(10) The conciliator shall make written findings of fact and promulgate a written opinion and 
order upon the issues presented to the conciliator, and upon the record made before the conciliator 
and shall mail or otherwise deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and the board. 
(11) Increases in rates of compensation and other matters with cost implications awarded by 
the conciliator may be effective only at the start of the fiscal year next commencing after the date of 
the final offer settlement award; provided that if a new fiscal year has commenced since the issuance 
of the board order to submit to a final offer settlement procedure, the awarded increases may be 
retroactive to the commencement of the new fiscal year. The parties may, at any time, amend or 
modify a conciliator's award or order by mutual agreement. 
(12) The parties shall bear equally the cost of the final offer settlement procedure. 
(13) Conciliators appointed pursuant to this section shall be residents of the state. 
(H) All final offer settlement awards and orders of the conciliator made pursuant to Chapter 
4117. of the Revised Code are subject to review by the court of common pleas having jurisdiction 
over the public employer as provided in Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code. If the public employer 
is located in more than one court of common pleas district, the court of common pleas in which the 
principal office of the chief executive is located has jurisdiction. 
(I) The issuance of a final offer settlement award constitutes a binding mandate to the public 
employer and the exclusive representative to take whatever actions are necessary to implement the 
award. 
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the state highway patrol, deputy sheriffs, dispatchers employed by a police, fire, or sheriff's 
department or the state highway patrol or civilian dispatchers employed by a public employer other 
than a police, fire, or sheriff's department to dispatch police, fire, sheriff's department, or emergency 
medical or rescue personnel and units, an exclusive nurse's unit, employees of Ohio deaf and blind 
education services, employees of any public employee retirement system, correction officers, guards 
at penal or mental institutions, or special police officers appointed in accordance with sections 
5119.08 and 5123.13 of the Revised Code, psychiatric attendants employed at mental health forensic 
facilities, youth leaders employed at juvenile correctional facilities, or members of a law 
enforcement security force that is established and maintained exclusively by a board of county 
commissioners and whose members are employed by that boardpublic employees who are prohibited 
from striking under division (D)(1) of section 4117.14 of the Revised Code, a strike by other public 
employees during the pendency of the settlement procedures set forth in section 4117.14 of the 
Revised Code, or a strike during the term or extended term of a collective bargaining agreement 
occurs, the public employer may seek an injunction against the strike in the court of common pleas 
of the county in which the strike is located. 
(B) An unfair labor practice by a public employer is not a defense to the injunction 
proceeding noted in division (A) of this section. Allegations of unfair labor practices during the 
settlement procedures set forth in section 4117.14 of the Revised Code shall receive priority by the 
state employment relations board. 
(C) No public employee is entitled to pay or compensation from the public employer for the 
period engaged in any strike. 
SECTION 2. That existing sections 3335.02, 3335.09, 3337.01, 3339.01, 3341.02, 3343.02, 
3344.01, 3345.45, 3350.10, 3352.01, 3356.01, 3359.01, 3361.01, 3362.01, 3364.01, 4117.14, and 
4117.15 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That section 3333.045 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. The Department of Higher Education shall conduct a feasibility study about 
implementing bachelor's degree programs that require three years to complete in this state. The study 
shall investigate a variety of fields of study and determine the feasibility of reducing specific course 
requirements, quantity of electives, and total credit hours required for graduation. However, the 
study shall not include the use of College Credit Plus or any other current programs used to 
accelerate degree programs. Finally, the study shall present and evaluate potential issues related to 
accreditation.
Not later than one year after the effective date of this section, the Department shall submit to 
the General Assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, a report about the  Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
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study's findings.
SECTION 5. This act shall be known as The Advance Ohio Higher Education Act. Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
Speaker ___________________ of the House of Representatives.
President ___________________ of the Senate.
Passed ________________________, 20____
Approved ________________________, 20____
Governor. Sub. S. B. No. 1	136th G.A.
The section numbering of law of a general and permanent nature is 
complete and in conformity with the Revised Code.
Director, Legislative Service Commission.
Filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the ____ 
day of ___________, A. D. 20____.
Secretary of State.
File No. _________Effective Date ___________________