Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term “school board” or “board of education” is used without expressly referring to boards governing city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school districts, or some specific combination thereof, the term shall be construed to include the governing boards of educational service centers.

Wherever in Title XXXIII of the Revised Code the term “school district” is used without expressly referring to city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school districts, or some specific combination thereof, the term shall be construed to include educational service centers.