OH SB325

Enacts new sections 3319.393 and 3319.394 requiring school districts and chartered nonpublic schools to include falsification notice in employment applications, consult educator profile database before hiring, and review personnel files when misconduct complaints are filed.

Requires districts and schools to consult with prior education-related employers of job applicants and permits additional background checks beyond criminal records checks.

Mandates that schools receiving personnel file requests from other schools for hiring purposes send files within twenty business days or notify requestor of reasons for delay.

Establishes that employees or officers who fail to report child abuse, neglect, sexual conduct, or sexual relationships between students and adults may face disciplinary action up to termination.

Permits districts and schools to provide counseling to victims of sexual harassment or sexually related conduct and requires compliance with these policies for community schools, STEM schools, and college-preparatory boarding schools.