(A) If a community school established under this chapter closes for any reason, the chief administrative officer of the school at the time the school closes shall in good faith take all reasonable steps necessary to collect and assemble in an orderly manner the educational records of each student who is or has been enrolled in the school so that those records may be transmitted in accordance with this division. The chief administrative officer shall transmit the records within seven business days of the school closing to the student’s school district of residence.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3314.44

  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02

(B) No person required to collect, assemble, and transmit student records under division (A) of this section shall fail to comply with that division.

(C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor in the third degree.