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Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.23 (2026)

Dismissal of convicted student, faculty or staff member, or employee - reinstatement

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Effective:
September 6, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 239 - 121st General Assembly
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(A) The conviction of a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or university which receives any state funds in support thereof, of any offense covered by division (D) of this section, automatically effects the student's, faculty or staff member's, or employee's dismissal from such college or university, except as provided in division (E) of this section. A student dismissed pursuant to this section may be readmitted or admitted to any other college or university which receives state funds in support thereof, in the discretion of the board of trustees, but only upon the lapse of one calendar year following the student's dismissal, and only upon terms of strict disciplinary probation. The contract, if any, of a faculty or staff member or employee dismissed pursuant to this section is terminated thereby. A faculty or staff member or employee dismissed pursuant to this section may be re-employed by any such college or university, in the discretion of the board of trustees, but only upon the lapse of one calendar year following the faculty or staff member's or employee's dismissal.

(B) Upon conviction of a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or university which receives any state funds in support thereof, of any offense covered by division (D) of this section, the court shall immediately notify the college or university of such conviction. The president, or other administrative official designated by the board of trustees, shall immediately notify such person of the person's dismissal. The notice shall be in writing and shall be mailed by certified mail to the person's address as shown in both the court and the university records. If such person has been suspended pursuant to section 3345.22 of the Revised Code, and not permitted to return to the college or university, the period of the person's dismissal shall run from the date of such suspension.

(C) No degrees or honors shall be conferred upon, no instructional credit or grades shall be given to, and no student assistance, scholarship funds, salaries, or wages shall be paid or credited to any student, faculty or staff member, or employee, in respect of the period such person is properly under dismissal pursuant to this section or under suspension pursuant to section 3345.22 of the Revised Code.

(D) Without limiting the grounds for dismissal, suspension, or other disciplinary action against a student, faculty or staff member, or employee of a college or university which receives any state funds in support thereof, the commission of an offense of violence as defined in division (A)(9)(a) of section 2901.01 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent offense under a municipal ordinance, which offense is committed on or affects persons or property on such college or university, or which offense is committed in the immediate vicinity of a college or university with respect to which an emergency has been declared and is in effect pursuant to section 3345.26 of the Revised Code, is cause for dismissal pursuant to this section or for suspension pursuant to section 3345.22 of the Revised Code. Criminal cases resulting from arrests for offenses covered by division (D) of this section shall take precedence over all civil matters and proceedings and over all other criminal cases.

(E) If a final judicial determination results in an acquittal, or if the conviction is reversed on appeal, the student, faculty or staff member, or employee shall be reinstated and the college or university shall expunge the record of the student's, faculty or staff member's, or employee's dismissal from the student's, faculty or staff member's, or employee's college or university records, and the dismissal shall be deemed never to have occurred.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1974–2017 · leading case: Kister v. Ohio Bd. of Regents, 365 F. Supp. 27 (S.D. Ohio 1974).
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Kister v. Ohio Bd. of Regents, 365 F. Supp. 27 (S.D. Ohio 1974). · cites it 20× “He subsequently entered a plea of guilty to that charge and was later expelled from Ohio State pursuant to Section 3345.23 of the Ohio Revised Code.”
A.M. v. Miami Univ., 2017 Ohio 8586 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “R.C. 3345.23 and 3345.24. {¶ 49} Appellant does not provide any argument or legal support showing that in Ohio, institutions of higher learning that adopt written rules and procedures aimed at protecting its students thereby assume a duty of care under negligence law or that the…”
MacKey v. Cleveland State Univ., 837 F. Supp. 1396 (N.D. Ohio 1993). · cites it 4× “22 establishes procedures to be followed in the event that a faculty or staff member is arrest *1407 ed "for any offense covered by division (D) of section 3345.23.” Section 3345.23(D) provides: "[w]ithout limiting the grounds for dismissal, suspension, or other disciplinary…”
Cornett v. Miami Univ., 728 N.E.2d 471 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2000). · cites it 2× “In addition, plaintiff argues that if those proceedings had not been terminated in favor of proceedings under the university’s own code of conduct, he would have been entitled to an automatic expungement of his suspension under R.C. 3345.23. R.C. 3345.23(E) provides: *46 “If a…”
Reliford v. Univ. of Akron, 610 N.E.2d 521 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 14× “Approximately three weeks after sentencing, Reliford was advised by the University of Akron (“university”) that he was being dismissed pursuant to R.C. 3345.23. Reliford filed a declaratory judgment action requesting the trial court to hold that R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.23(D) — 4 cases
Kister v. Ohio Bd. of Regents, 365 F. Supp. 27 (S.D. Ohio 1974). “He subsequently entered a plea of guilty to that charge and was later expelled from Ohio State pursuant to Section 3345.23 of the Ohio Revised Code.”
A.M. v. Miami Univ., 2017 Ohio 8586 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “R.C. 3345.23 and 3345.24. {¶ 49} Appellant does not provide any argument or legal support showing that in Ohio, institutions of higher learning that adopt written rules and procedures aimed at protecting its students thereby assume a duty of care under negligence law or that the…”
MacKey v. Cleveland State Univ., 837 F. Supp. 1396 (N.D. Ohio 1993). “22 establishes procedures to be followed in the event that a faculty or staff member is arrest *1407 ed "for any offense covered by division (D) of section 3345.23.” Section 3345.23(D) provides: "[w]ithout limiting the grounds for dismissal, suspension, or other disciplinary…”
Reliford v. Univ. of Akron, 610 N.E.2d 521 (Ohio Ct. App. 1991). “Approximately three weeks after sentencing, Reliford was advised by the University of Akron (“university”) that he was being dismissed pursuant to R.C. 3345.23. Reliford filed a declaratory judgment action requesting the trial court to hold that R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3345.23(E) — 1 case
Cornett v. Miami Univ., 728 N.E.2d 471 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2000). “In addition, plaintiff argues that if those proceedings had not been terminated in favor of proceedings under the university’s own code of conduct, he would have been entitled to an automatic expungement of his suspension under R.C. 3345.23. R.C. 3345.23(E) provides: *46 “If a…”
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