As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 47
2025-2026
Senator Ingram
A B I LL
To amend sections 3332.031, 3333.046, 4709.05, and
4713.07 and to enact section 3314.033 of the
Revised Code to require disclosure of the for-
profit status of community school operators and
post-secondary educational institutions on
various promotional materials and contracts for
employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3332.031, 3333.046, 4709.05, and
4713.07 be amended and section 3314.033 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3314.033. The department of education and workforce
shall adopt rules requiring any community school with a for-
profit operator to disclose on the school's official web site,
all promotional digital and print media, and contracts for
instruction, the fact that the community school's operator is a
for-profit business. The disclosure shall be made in a type size
as large or larger than any other text on the school's official
web site, promotional digital and print media, and contract for
instruction, excluding the name of the school, and shall be
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presented in a manner reasonably calculated to draw the
attention of the reader. The disclosure shall read as follows:
"(Name of Community School Operator) IS A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS IN
THE STATE OF OHIO."
The department shall adopt rules requiring promotional
digital and print media for any community school with a for-
profit operator that is published by any person or entity not
affiliated with the community school to include the disclosure:
"A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OHIO." The disclosure
shall be made in a type size as large or larger than any other
text in the advertisement.
Sec. 3332.031. The state board of career colleges and
schools shall:
(A) Adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code
necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities under
this chapter;
(B) Establish minimum standards for the registration and
operation of private career schools including but not
necessarily limited to standards to ensure school financial
stability;
(C) Issue certificates of registration to private career
schools pursuant to division (A) of section 3332.05 of the
Revised Code;
(D) Suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of
schools pursuant to sections 3332.09 and 3332.091 of the Revised
Code;
(E) Establish minimum standards for certificate, diploma,
and degree programs offered by schools;
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(F) Issue program authorization pursuant to divisions (B)
and (C) of section 3332.05 of the Revised Code;
(G) Suspend or revoke program authorization for schools
pursuant to sections 3332.09 and 3332.091 of the Revised Code;
(H) Establish minimum standards, including but not
necessarily limited to a code of ethics, for agents employed by
schools registered under this chapter to reasonably ensure that
such agents provide adequate, ethical, and accurate information
to prospective students;
(I) Grant permits to agents pursuant to sections 3332.10
and 3332.11 of the Revised Code;
(J) Suspend or revoke an agent's permit pursuant to
section 3123.47 or 3332.12 of the Revised Code;
(K) Monitor recruitment and admissions practices of
schools holding certificates of registration to ensure
compliance with this chapter and the rules of the board;
(L)(1) Adopt rules requiring all schools to provide all
applicant students, prior to their signing enrollment
agreements, written information concerning the school's
graduation and placement rates for each of the preceding three
years and any other information the board deems pertinent.
(2) Adopt rules requiring all schools to provide any
student or applicant student, prior to the signing of any
financial aid, grant, or loan application, written information
concerning the obligations of a student obtaining such financial
aid, grant, or loan.
(3) Upon request, a school shall furnish the board with a
copy of all information required by this division. The board
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shall monitor schools to ensure their compliance with this
division.
(M) Adopt a rule requiring all schools to include, in the
enrollment agreement, notice that any problems the student is
having with the school, or complaints the student has about the
school, may be directed to the board, which notice shall include
the telephone number of the executive director of the board;
(N) Report annually to the governor and the general
assembly on the activities of the board and private career
schools, and make legislative recommendations when necessary to
enable the board to better serve the student population and the
schools registered under this chapter;
(O) Adopt a rule requiring a uniform tuition refund policy
for all schools subject to this chapter. In adopting the rule,
the board shall consider the tuition refund policies effectuated
by state-supported colleges and universities. Each school
subject to this chapter shall furnish to each prospective
student, prior to the signing of an enrollment agreement, a copy
of the tuition refund policy.
(P) Adopt a rule establishing minimum standards for all
faculty and instructional staff in all instructional programs at
a school. In the case of full-time faculty members employed for
degree programs, such standards shall include all of the
following:
(1) A prohibition against employing on or after July 1,
1993, any new full-time faculty member to teach the general
study portion of any degree program, unless the person holds a
master's degree in the subject matter discipline or holds a
master's degree in education with proficiency in the subject
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matter discipline demonstrated in accordance with the standards
adopted by the board.
(2) Except as provided under the standards adopted
pursuant to division (P)(3) of this section, a prohibition
against employing or reemploying on or after July 1, 1998, any
full-time faculty member to teach the general study portion of
any degree program, unless the person holds a master's degree in
the subject matter discipline or holds a master's degree in
education with proficiency in the subject matter discipline
demonstrated in accordance with the standards adopted by the
board.
(3) Standards under which the board, upon written request
submitted to the board prior to July 1, 1994, by any school, may
exempt the school from the prohibition adopted pursuant to
division (P)(2) of this section with regard to any individual
full-time faculty member employed by the school who has
demonstrated outstanding teaching performance in the general
study portion of any degree program at the school for a period
of at least six years prior to July 1, 1993.
(4) Definitions of "full-time faculty member," "new
faculty member," and any other term the board considers
necessary to define.
(Q) Adopt a rule prohibiting a school or branch campus
thereof from claiming accreditation from an accrediting agency
in any of its advertising, recruiting, or promotional materials
unless the agency is recognized as an accrediting agency by the
United States department of education.
(R)(1) Adopt rules requiring any for-profit, post-
secondary educational institution registered under section
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3332.05 of the Revised Code to disclose on the institution's
official web site, all promotional digital and print media, and
contracts for instruction, the fact that the institution is a
for-profit business. The disclosure shall be made in a type size
as large or larger than any other text on the institution's
official web site, promotional digital and print media, and
contract for instruction, excluding the name of the institution,
and shall be presented in a manner reasonably calculated to draw
the attention of the reader. The disclosure shall read as
follows: "(Name of Degree-Granting Institution) IS A FOR-PROFIT
BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OHIO."
(2) Adopt rules requiring promotional digital and print
media for any for-profit private college or university,
seminary, religious institution, or any other institution
registered under section 3332.05 of the Revised Code, published
by any person or entity that is not affiliated with the
institution, to include the disclosure: "A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS
IN THE STATE OF OHIO." The disclosure required under this
division shall be made in a type size as large or larger than
any other text in the advertisement.
Sec. 3333.046. (A) Any institution authorized to grant on
February 20, 2002, baccalaureate or master's degrees, for which
certificates of authorization have been issued under Chapter
1713. of the Revised Code; that is accredited by the appropriate
regional and, when appropriate, professional accrediting
associations within whose jurisdiction it falls; and that is
operated by a for-profit corporation shall cease to be subject
to any regulation under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code but
shall continue to be subject to the provisions for approval of
degree programs set forth in Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code,
including approval of any additional associate, baccalaureate,
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or master's degree programs offered by the institution.
(B)(1) Any institution to which division (A) of this
section applies shall disclose on the institution's official web
site, all promotional digital and print media, and contracts for
instruction, the fact that the institution is a for-profit
business. The disclosure shall be made in a type size as large
or larger than any other text on the institution's official web
site, promotional digital and print media, and contract for
instruction, excluding the name of the institution, and shall be
presented in a manner reasonably calculated to draw the
attention of the reader. The disclosure shall read as follows:
"(Name of Degree Granting Institution) IS A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS
IN THE STATE OF OHIO."
(2) All promotional digital and print media for any
institution under division (A) of this section, published by any
person or entity that is not affiliated with the institution,
shall include the disclosure: "A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS IN THE
STATE OF OHIO." The disclosure required under this division
shall be made in a type size as large or larger than any other
text in the advertisement.
Sec. 4709.05. (A) In addition to any other duty imposed on
the state cosmetology and barber board under this chapter or
Chapter 4713. of the Revised Code, the board shall do all of the
following:
(1) Regulate the practice of barbering in this state;
(2) Conduct or have conducted the examination for
applicants to practice as licensed barbers;
(3) Prescribe and make available application forms to be
used by individuals seeking admission to an examination
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conducted under section 4709.07 of the Revised Code or a license
or permit issued under this chapter;
(4) Prescribe and make available application forms to be
used by individuals seeking renewal of a license or permit
issued under this chapter;
(5) Furnish a copy of the infection control standards
adopted pursuant to division (A)(8)(a) of this section to both
of the following:
(a) Each individual or person to whom the board issues a
barber license or license to operate a barber shop;
(b) Each individual providing cosmetic therapy, massage
therapy, or other professional service in a barber shop under
section 4709.091 of the Revised Code.
(6) Supply a copy of the poster created pursuant to
division (B) of section 5502.63 of the Revised Code to each
person authorized to operate a barber shop under this chapter;
(7) Comply with sections 4713.641 and 4713.66 of the
Revised Code regarding investigations and inspections;
(8) Adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code, to administer and enforce this chapter and that
cover all of the following:
(a) Infection control standards for the practice of
barbering and the operation of barber shops;
(b) The content of the examination required of an
applicant for a barber license under section 4709.07 of the
Revised Code and the passing score required for the examination;
(c) Conditions an individual must satisfy to qualify for a
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temporary pre-examination work permit under section 4709.071 of
the Revised Code and the conditions and method of renewing a
temporary pre-examination work permit under that section;
(d) Requirements for the licensure of barber instructors
and assistant barber instructors that are in addition to the
requirements specified in section 4709.072 of the Revised Code;
(e) Conditions under which the board will take into
account, under section 4709.073 of the Revised Code, instruction
an applicant for a license under section 4709.07 or 4709.072 of
the Revised Code received more than five years before the date
of application for the license;
(f) Conditions an applicant must satisfy for the board to
issue the applicant a license under section 4709.08 of the
Revised Code without the applicant taking an examination
conducted under section 4709.07 of the Revised Code;
(g) Conditions an applicant must satisfy for the board to
issue the applicant an independent contractor license under
section 4709.09 of the Revised Code and the fee for the issuance
and renewal of the license;
(h) Specify which professions regulated by a professional
regulatory board of this state may be practiced in a barber shop
under section 4709.091 of the Revised Code, including whether
cosmetic therapy may be practiced in a barber shop;
(i) Establish standards for the provision of cosmetic
therapy, massage therapy, or other professional service in a
barber shop pursuant to section 4709.091 of the Revised Code;
(j) If the board, under section 4709.111 of the Revised
Code, develops a procedure for classifying licenses inactive, do
both of the following:
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(i) Establish a fee for having a license classified
inactive that reflects the cost to the board of providing the
inactive license service;
(ii) Specify the continuing education that an individual
whose license has been classified inactive must complete to have
the license restored.
(k) Require any for-profit barber school operated by a
person licensed under section 4709.10 of the Revised Code to
disclose on the school's official web site, all promotional
digital and print media, and contracts for instruction, the fact
that the school is a for-profit business. The disclosure shall
be made in a type size as large or larger than any other text on
the school's official web site, promotional digital and print
media, and contract for instruction, excluding the name of the
school, and shall be presented in a manner reasonably calculated
to draw the attention of the reader. The disclosure shall read
as follows: "(Name of Barber School) IS A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS IN
THE STATE OF OHIO."
(l) Require promotional digital and print media for any
for-profit barber school or any other institution operated by a
person licensed under section 4709.10 of the Revised Code,
published by any person or entity that is not affiliated with
the school or institution, to include the disclosure: "A FOR-
PROFIT BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OHIO." The disclosure required
under this division shall be made in a type size as large or
larger than any other text in the advertisement.
(m) Any other area the board determines appropriate to
administer or enforce this chapter.
(B) The infection control standards established under
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division (A)(8)(a) of this section shall focus in particular on
precautions to be employed to prevent infectious or contagious
diseases being created or spread.
(C) The content of the examination specified in rules
adopted under division (A)(8)(b) of this section shall include a
practical demonstration and a written test, shall relate only to
the practice of barbering, and shall require the applicant to
demonstrate that the applicant has a thorough knowledge of and
competence in the proper techniques in the safe use of chemicals
used in the practice of barbering. The minimum passing score of
the examination shall not exceed seventy-five per cent.
(D) The rules adopted under division (A)(8)(c) of this
section may establish additional conditions for a temporary pre-
examination work permit under section 4709.071 of the Revised
Code that are applicable to individuals who are licensed to
practice barbering in another state or country.
(E) The conditions specified in rules adopted under
division (A)(8)(f) of this section may include that an applicant
is applying for a barber license for which the board determines
an examination is unnecessary.
(F) The rules adopted under division (A)(8)(h) of this
section shall not include a profession if practice of the
profession in a barber shop is a violation of a statute or rule
governing the profession.
(G) If the board adopts a procedure for classifying
licenses inactive, the continuing education specified under
division (A)(8)(j)(ii) of this section shall be sufficient to
ensure the minimum competency in the use or administration of a
new procedure or product required by a licensee necessary to
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protect public health and safety. The requirement shall not
exceed the cumulative number of hours of continuing education
that the individual would have been required to complete had the
individual retained an active license.
Sec. 4713.07. (A) The state cosmetology and barber board
shall do all of the following:
(1) Regulate the practice of cosmetology and all of its
branches in this state;
(2) Investigate or inspect, when evidence appears to
demonstrate that an individual has violated any provision of
this chapter or Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code or any rule
adopted under either chapter, the activities or premises of a
license holder or unlicensed individual;
(3) Adopt rules in accordance with section 4713.08 of the
Revised Code;
(4) Prescribe and make available application forms to be
used by individuals seeking admission to an examination
conducted under section 4713.24 of the Revised Code or a license
or registration issued under this chapter;
(5) Prescribe and make available application forms to be
used by individuals seeking renewal of a license or registration
issued under this chapter;
(6) Provide a toll-free number and an online service to
receive complaints alleging violations of this chapter or
Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code;
(7) Submit a written report annually to the governor that
provides all of the following:
(a) A discussion of the conditions in this state of the
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practice of barbering, cosmetology, and the branches of
cosmetology;
(b) An evaluation of board activities intended to aid or
protect consumers;
(c) A brief summary of the board's proceedings during the
year the report covers;
(d) A statement of all money that the board received and
expended during the year the report covers.
(8) Keep a record of all of the following:
(a) The board's proceedings;
(b) The name and last known physical address, electronic
mail address, and telephone number of each individual issued a
license or registration under this chapter or Chapter 4709. of
the Revised Code;
(c) The date and number of each license, permit, and
registration that the board issues.
(9) Assist ex-offenders and military veterans who hold
licenses issued by the board to find employment within salons,
barber shops, or other facilities within this state;
(10) Require inspectors appointed pursuant to section
4713.06 of the Revised Code to conduct inspections of licensed
or permitted facilities, including salons and boutique salons,
schools, barber shops, and tanning facilities, within ninety
days of the opening for business of a licensed facility, upon
complaints reported to the board, within ninety days after a
violation was documented at a facility, and at least once every
two years. Any individual, after providing the individual's name
and contact information, may report to the board any information
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the individual may have that appears to show a violation of any
provision of this chapter or rule adopted under it or a
violation of any provision of Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code
or rule adopted by the board pursuant to Chapter 4709. of the
Revised Code. In the absence of bad faith, any individual who
reports information of that nature or who testifies before the
board in any adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code shall not be liable for damages in a civil action
as a result of the report or testimony. For the purpose of
inspections, an independent contractor licensed under this
chapter or Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code shall be added to
the board's records as an individual salon or barber shop.
(11) Supply a copy of the poster created pursuant to
division (B) of section 5502.63 of the Revised Code to each
person authorized to operate a salon, school, tanning facility,
or other type of facility under this chapter;
(12) Adopt rules requiring any for-profit school of
cosmetology operated by a person licensed under section 4713.44
of the Revised Code to disclose on the school's official web
site, all promotional digital and print media, and contracts for
instruction, the fact that the school is a for-profit business.
The disclosure shall be made in a type size as large or larger
than any other text on the school's official web site,
promotional digital and print media, and contract for
instruction, excluding the name of the school, and shall be
presented in a manner reasonably calculated to draw the
attention of the reader. The disclosure shall read as follows:
"(Name of school) IS A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF
OHIO."
(13) Adopt rules requiring promotional digital and print
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media for any for-profit school of cosmetology or any other
institution operated by a person licensed under section 4713.44
of the Revised Code, published by any person or entity that is
not affiliated with the school or institution, to include the
disclosure: "A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OHIO." The
disclosure required under this division shall be made in a type
size as large or larger than any other text in the
advertisement.
(14) All other duties that this chapter imposes on the
board.
(B) The board may do either of the following:
(1) Report to the proper prosecuting officer violations of
section 4709.02 or 4713.14 of the Revised Code;
(2) Delegate any of the duties listed in division (A) of
this section to the executive director of the board or to an
individual designated by the executive director.
Section 2. That existing sections 3332.031, 3333.046,
4709.05, and 4713.07 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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