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Ohio Rev. Code § 3331.08 (2026)

Appeal where excuse or age and schooling certificate is refused

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August 28, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 402 - 124th General Assembly
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In case a superintendent of schools refuses to excuse a child from attendance at school for one of the reasons stated in section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, or a superintendent or a chief administrative officer refuses upon request to grant an age and schooling certificate as provided in section 3331.01 of the Revised Code, an appeal may be taken from such decision to the juvenile judge of the county, upon the giving of bond, within ten days thereafter, to the approval of such judge, to pay the costs of appeal. The juvenile judge's decision in the matter shall be final.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–1988 · leading case: State v. Schmidt, 505 N.E.2d 627 (Ohio 1987).
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State v. Schmidt, 505 N.E.2d 627 (Ohio 1987). · cites it 3× “The statute gives the superintendent an intelligible principle for his guidance and the desirable flexibility to accommodate home education programs that parents such as appellants and *36 those similarly situated may wish to pursue.”
Svoboda v. Andrisek, 514 N.E.2d 1140 (Ohio Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 7× “The appellants timely appealed the decision of the superintendent to the juvenile division of the court of common pleas, as provided by R.C. 3331.08. A requirement of R.C. 3331.”
State v. Levy, 563 N.E.2d 358 (Ohio Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “All such excuses shall become void and subject to recall upon the removal of the disability of the child or the cessation of proper home instruction; and thereupon the child or his parents may be proceeded against after due notice whether such excuse be recalled or not.”
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