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Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.24 (2026)

Transfer of city, exempted village or local school district territory to adjoining district

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Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 130th General Assembly
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(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district shall file with the state board of education a proposal to transfer territory from such district to an adjoining city, exempted village, or local school district in any of the following circumstances:

(a) The district board deems the transfer advisable and, if the portion of the district proposed to be transferred is five acres or more, the board has obtained written consent to the transfer from seventy-five per cent of the owners of parcels of real property on the tax duplicate within that portion of the district;

(b) A petition, signed by seventy-five per cent of the qualified electors residing within that portion of a city, exempted village, or local school district proposed to be transferred voting at the last general election, requests such a transfer;

(c) If no qualified electors reside in that portion of the district proposed to be transferred, a petition, signed by seventy-five per cent of the owners of parcels of real property on the tax duplicate within that portion of the district, requests such a transfer.

(2) The board of education of the district in which such proposal originates shall file such proposal, together with a map showing the boundaries of the territory proposed to be transferred, with the state board of education prior to the first day of April in any even-numbered year. The state board of education may, if it is advisable, provide for a hearing in any suitable place in any of the school districts affected by such proposed transfer of territory. The state board of education or its representatives shall preside at any such hearing.

(3) A board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district that receives a petition of transfer signed by electors of the district under division (A)(1)(b) of this section shall cause the board of elections to check the sufficiency of signatures on the petition. A board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district that receives written consent or a petition of transfer signed by owners of parcels of real property under division (A)(1)(a) or (c) of this section shall cause the county auditor to check the sufficiency of signatures on the consent or petition.

(4) Not later than the first day of September the state board of education shall either approve or disapprove a proposed transfer of territory filed with it as provided by this section and shall notify, in writing, the boards of education of the districts affected by such proposed transfer of territory of its decision.

If the decision of the state board of education is an approval of the proposed transfer of territory then the board of education of the district in which the territory is located shall, within thirty days after receiving the state board of education's decision, adopt a resolution transferring the territory and shall forthwith submit a copy of such resolution to the treasurer of the board of education of the city, exempted village, or local school district to which the territory is transferred. Such transfer shall not be complete however, until:

(a) A resolution accepting the transfer has been passed by a majority vote of the full membership of the board of education of the city, exempted village, or local school district to which the territory is transferred;

(b) Subject to section 3311.241 of the Revised Code, if applicable, an equitable division of the funds and indebtedness between the districts involved has been made by the board of education making the transfer;

(c) A map showing the boundaries of the territory transferred has been filed, by the board of education accepting the transfer, with the county auditor of each county affected by the transfer.

When such transfer is complete the legal title of the school property in the territory transferred shall be vested in the board of education or governing board of the school district to which the territory is transferred.

(B) Whenever the transfer of territory pursuant to this section is initiated by a board of education, the board shall, before filing a proposal for transfer with the state board of education under this section, make a good faith effort to negotiate the terms of transfer with any other school district whose territory would be affected by the transfer. Before the state board may hold a hearing on the transfer, or approve or disapprove any such transfer, it must receive the following:

(1) A resolution requesting approval of the transfer passed by the school district submitting the proposal and, if applicable, evidence of the consent of affected property owners to the transfer;

(2) Evidence determined to be sufficient by the state board to show that good faith negotiations have taken place or that the district requesting the transfer has made a good faith effort to hold such negotiations;

(3) If any negotiations took place, a statement signed by all boards that participated in the negotiations, listing the terms agreed on and the points on which no agreement could be reached.

Negotiations held pursuant to this section shall be governed by the rules adopted by the state board under division (D) of section 3311.06 of the Revised Code. Districts involved in a transfer under division (B) of this section may agree to share revenues from the property included in the territory to be transferred, establish cooperative programs between the participating districts, and establish mechanisms for the settlement of any future boundary disputes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1953–2024 · leading case: Bartchy v. State Bd. of Educ., 897 N.E.2d 1096 (Ohio 2008).
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Bartchy v. State Bd. of Educ., 897 N.E.2d 1096 (Ohio 2008). · cites it 35× “{¶ 1} This case involves an attempt by a group of residents to transfer then-property from one school district to another under R.C. 3311.24. The State Board of Education denied the transfer, and the trial court affirmed that order.”
Garfield Heights City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 619 N.E.2d 429 (Ohio Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 22× “Assuming the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas did have jurisdiction to determine issues not properly before it, it misinterpreted and misapplied R.C. 3311.24.” In March 1988, residents of Cranwood, 1 an area located in the city of Garfield Heights, petitioned under R.”
Cincinnati City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 680 N.E.2d 1061 (Ohio Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 10× “On March 29,1992, residents of the subdivision submitted a petition pursuant to R.C. 3311.24 requesting that the subdivision be transferred to the Madeira City School District.”
State ex rel. Hills & Dales v. Plain Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 5160 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 6× “Background {¶ 2} Ohio residents have long had the right under R.C. 3311.24 to propose the transfer of the territory in which they reside from one school district to another.”
Rossford Exempted Vill. Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 544 N.E.2d 651 (Ohio 1989). · cites it 10× “The issue in this case is whether an order issued by the State Board of Education approving the transfer of certain school district territory pursuant to R.C. 3311.24 may be appealed to the court of common pleas pursuant to R.”
Garfield Heights City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 575 N.E.2d 503 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 11× “Transfer proceedings were initiated when electors residing in those precincts and Precinct F of Ward 2 of Garfield Heights filed petitions pursuant to R.C. 3311.24 requesting the transfer of those areas from *311 Cleveland to Garfield Heights.”
Bartchy v. State Bd. of Educ., 867 N.E.2d 440 (Ohio Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 12× “Here, appellants filed the petition pursuant to R.C. 3311.24, and the board made its decision pursuant to that section.”
State ex rel. Harrell v. Bd. of Educ., 544 N.E.2d 924 (Ohio 1989). · cites it 26× “It follows that when such a petition does contain this percentage of signatures and those signatures have not been invalidated, a legal duty to file the petition exists. R.C. 3311.24 provides, in part: “If the board of education of a city school district * * * deems it advisable…”
State ex rel. Bd. of Educ. v. Bd. of Educ., 532 N.E.2d 715 (Ohio 1988). · cites it 10× “Appellant Rocky River argues that persons signing a territory transfer petition pursuant to R.C. 3311.24 may withdraw their signatures from the petition at any time before the local board of education takes official action regarding the petition and that such petition should not…”
Garfield Heights City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 646 N.E.2d 163 (Ohio 1995). · cites it 52× “The determinative issue is whether the receiving school district may reject a transfer of territory under R.C. 3311.24 after a proposal to transfer the territory has been approved by the State Board.”
Spitznagel v. State Bd. of Educ., 2010 Ohio 2715 (Ohio 2010). · cites it 3× “] Public schools — Territory transfers pursuant to R.C. 3311.24 — State Board of Education may consider a loss of revenue to be a sufficient demonstration of a financial or educational detriment to the transferring school district to prevent transfer — Judgment affirmed.”
Union Title Co. v. State Bd. of Educ., 555 N.E.2d 931 (Ohio 1990). · cites it 3× “12 from an order of the State Board of Education resulting from a hearing or adjudication pursuant to a request for transfer of territory pursuant to R.C. 3311.24.” Id. at syllabus. In arriving at this conclusion we construed the language contained in R.”
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Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.24(A): 7 cases
Bartchy v. State Bd. of Educ., 897 N.E.2d 1096 (Ohio 2008). “{¶ 1} This case involves an attempt by a group of residents to transfer then-property from one school district to another under R.C. 3311.24. The State Board of Education denied the transfer, and the trial court affirmed that order.”
Garfield Heights City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 619 N.E.2d 429 (Ohio Ct. App. 1992). “Assuming the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas did have jurisdiction to determine issues not properly before it, it misinterpreted and misapplied R.C. 3311.24.” In March 1988, residents of Cranwood, 1 an area located in the city of Garfield Heights, petitioned under R.”
Garfield Heights City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 646 N.E.2d 163 (Ohio 1995). “The determinative issue is whether the receiving school district may reject a transfer of territory under R.C. 3311.24 after a proposal to transfer the territory has been approved by the State Board.”
Bartchy v. State Bd. of Educ., 867 N.E.2d 440 (Ohio Ct. App. 2007). “Here, appellants filed the petition pursuant to R.C. 3311.24, and the board made its decision pursuant to that section.”
Cincinnati City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 680 N.E.2d 1061 (Ohio Ct. App. 1996). “On March 29,1992, residents of the subdivision submitted a petition pursuant to R.C. 3311.24 requesting that the subdivision be transferred to the Madeira City School District.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.24(A)(1): 2 cases
Garfield Heights City Sch. Dist. v. State Bd. of Educ., 646 N.E.2d 163 (Ohio 1995). “The determinative issue is whether the receiving school district may reject a transfer of territory under R.C. 3311.24 after a proposal to transfer the territory has been approved by the State Board.”
Cinti Sch. Dist v. Bd of Educ (6th Cir. 2005).
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.24(A)(1)(b): 1 case
State ex rel. Hills & Dales v. Plain Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 5160 (Ohio 2019). “Background {¶ 2} Ohio residents have long had the right under R.C. 3311.24 to propose the transfer of the territory in which they reside from one school district to another.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 3311.24(A)(2): 2 cases
Izzo v. Dept. of Edn., 2019 Ohio 1008 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019).
Vandalia-Butler City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Ohio Dept. of Edn., 2024 Ohio 742 (Ohio Ct. App. 2024).
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