2021 Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3319 | Schools - Superintendent; Teachers; Employees
Section 3319.151 | Prohibition on Assisting Students in Cheating on Assessments.

Effective: September 30, 2021

Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly

(A) As used in this section, "assessment" means an assessment administered under section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.

(B) No person shall do any of the following:

(1) Reveal to any student any specific question that the person knows is part of an assessment or in any other way assist a pupil to cheat on an assessment;

(2) Obtain prior knowledge of the contents of an assessment;

(3) Use prior knowledge of the contents of an assessment to assist students in preparing for the assessment;

(4) Fail to comply with any rule adopted by the department of education regarding security protocols for an assessment.

(C) On a finding by the state board of education, after investigation, that a school employee who holds a license , as defined in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, has violated division (B) of this section, the state board shall take any action against the employee under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code that it considers appropriate, based on the nature and extent of the violation. The state board shall give the employee notice of the allegation upon commencing an investigation and shall give the employee an opportunity to respond prior to taking any disciplinary action.

(D)(1) Violation of division (B) of this section is grounds for termination of employment of a nonteaching employee under division (C) of section 3319.081 or section 124.34 of the Revised Code.

(2) Violation of division (B) of this section is grounds for termination of a teacher contract under section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code.

Last updated October 4, 2021 at 11:55 AM