2006 Ohio Revised Code - [3319.22.2] 3319.222.Continuing effect of certificate provisions in effect prior to SB 230.

[§ 3319.22.2] § 3319.222. Continuing effect of certificate provisions in effect prior to SB 230.
 

(A)  Notwithstanding the amendments to and repeal of statutes by the act that enacted this section, the state board of education shall do the following in accordance with the former statutes in effect immediately prior to amendment or repeal by the act that enacted this section: 

(1) Accept applications for new, and renewal and upgrade of, provisional and professional teachers' certificates through September 1, 1998, and issue them on the basis of the applications received by that date; 

(2) Accept applications for one-time renewals or upgrades of provisional teachers' certificates after September 1, 1998, and before September 2, 2002, and issue them on the basis of the applications received during this period; 

(3) Accept applications for one-time renewals or upgrades of professional teachers' certificates after September 1, 1998, and before September 2, 2006, and issue them on the basis of the applications received during this period; 

(4) Accept applications for permanent teachers' certificates through September 1, 2003, and issue them on the basis of the applications received by that date. 

(B)  A permanent teacher's certificate issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of this section or issued under division (A) of this section shall be valid for teaching in the subject areas and grades for which the certificate was issued except as the certificate is limited, suspended, or revoked under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. 

(C)  A teacher's certificate that is not a permanent certificate and that has been issued under sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of this act or that is issued under division (A) of this section shall be valid until it expires, for teaching in the subject areas and grades for which the certificate was issued except as the certificate is limited, suspended, or revoked under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. 

(D)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from applying to the state board of education for an educator license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code as it exists on and after the effective date of this section. 

(E)  On and after the effective date of this section, any reference in the Revised Code to educator licensing is hereby deemed to refer also to teacher certification under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section. 
 

HISTORY: 146 v S 230. Eff 10-29-96.