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Ohio Rev. Code § 3314.04 (2026)

Exemption from state laws and rules

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June 30, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
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Except as otherwise specified in this chapter and in the contract between a community school and a sponsor, such school is exempt from all state laws and rules pertaining to schools, school districts, and boards of education, except those laws and rules that grant certain rights to parents.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: State ex rel. Ohio Cong. of Parents & Teachers v. State Bd. of Educ., 857 N.E.2d 1148 (Ohio 2006).
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State ex rel. Ohio Cong. of Parents & Teachers v. State Bd. of Educ., 857 N.E.2d 1148 (Ohio 2006). · cites it 4× “While community schools are exempt from certain state laws and regulations, R.C. 3314.04, they must comply with many of the same statewide academic standards, R.”
Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C. (Slip Opinion), 2015-Ohio-3716, 46 N.E.3d 665. · cites it 4× “Each community school must have a “governing authority,” which shall consist of a board of no fewer than five individuals.”
Elec. Classroom of Tomorrow v. Ohio Dept. of Edn. (Slip Opinion), 2018-Ohio-3126, 118 N.E.3d 907. · cites it 2× “Because community schools are meant to be laboratories for experimental educational programs to reach students that traditional public schools have not, they are exempt from many of the state laws and regulations applicable to traditional public schools, R.C. 3314.04. And…”
Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C., 2013-Ohio-5036, 4 N.E.3d 1087. · cites it 7× “Furthermore, the schools contend that the trial court misinterpreted R.C. 3314.04 and 3313.41. R.C. 3313.41 provides rules that boards of education must follow when disposing of real or personal property that it owns in its corporate capacity.”
DeWine v. Scott (In re Scott), 566 B.R. 471 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2017). “Ohio Revised Code § 3314.04 provides that a community school is exempt from all state laws and rules applicable to schools, school districts, and boards of education, with certain exceptions.”
State ex rel. Attorney Gen. v. Hamm, 2026-Ohio-2304. · cites it 2× “And significantly, “R.C. 3314.04 exempts community schools from the rules governing boards of education set forth in R.”
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