Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 3313.17 (2026)

Corporate powers of the board

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The board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and taking and holding in trust for the use and benefit of such district, any grant or devise of land and any donation or bequest of money or other personal property.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 54 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1959–2026 · leading case: Cincinnati City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Conners, 2012 Ohio 2447 (Ohio 2012).
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Cincinnati City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Conners, 2012 Ohio 2447 (Ohio 2012). · cites it 4× “R.C. 3313.17 states, “The board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of * * * contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding possessing, and disposing of real and personal property * * *.”
Beifuss v. Westerville Bd. of Educ., 525 N.E.2d 20 (Ohio 1988). · cites it 3× “R.C. 3313.17 provides that “[t]he board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with * * *.”
Betscher v. Governing Bd. of Putnam Cty. Educ. Serv. Ctr., 2015 Ohio 4727 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 8× “The board of the educational service center shall file a copy of each contract entered into under this section with the department of education by the first day the contract is in effect. The ability of the PCESC to contract with the Commissioners was not impossible prior to R.”
Cincinnati City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. State Bd. of Educ., 2009 Ohio 3628 (Ohio 2009). · cites it 2× “” R.C. 3313.17. Thus, the common, ordinary meaning of the word “organization” encompasses a school board.”
Est. v. Fairfield City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ., 341 F. Supp. 3d 793 (S.D. Ohio 2018). “(citing Ohio Revised Code § 3313.17 ); Getachew v. Columbus City Sch.”
Carney v. Cleveland Heights-Univ. Heights City Sch. Dist., 758 N.E.2d 234 (Ohio Ct. App. 2001). “See, R.C. 3313.17. Moreover, an action against the board must be brought against it in its corporate capacity and not against the individual members of the board.”
Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 253 N.E.2d 767 (Ohio 1969). · cites it 4× “17, Revised Code, reads: “The board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued, contracting and being contracted with, acquiring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and…”
Ziegler v. Wendel Poultry Servs., Inc., 615 N.E.2d 1022 (Ohio 1993). “We stated: “According to R.C. 3313.17, a board of education is ‘ * * * á body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued * * *.”
McGath v. Hamilton Local Sch. Dist., 848 F. Supp. 2d 831 (S.D. Ohio 2012). · cites it 2× “Ohio Rev.Code § 3313.17 provides that “the board of education of each school district shall be a body politic and corporate, and, as such, capable of suing and being sued.”
Mentor Exempted Vill. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Lake Cty. Educ. Serv. Ctr. Governing Bd., 2016 Ohio 7649 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 5× “{¶74} R.C. 3313.17 authorizes a school board of education to enter contracts.”
Mollette v. Portsmouth City Council, 863 N.E.2d 1092 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006). “03 (state teachers retirement board); R.C. 3313.17 (boards of education); R.C. 4901.”
Houck v. Bd. of Park Commissioners, 876 N.E.2d 1210 (Ohio 2007). “The court determined that a school board, under R.C. 3313.17, had authority to acquire, hold, possess, and dispose of real property.”
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