Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3314.11 – Verification of residency

(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, and local school district monthly shall review enrollment for students enrolled in community schools established under this chapter and entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. For each student, the district shall verify to the department of education both of the following:
1. (1) The community school in which the student is enrolled;
2. (2) That the student is entitled to attend school in the district under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.
(B) For purposes of its initial reporting of the school districts its students are entitled to attend, the governing authority of a community school may adopt a policy that prescribes the number of documents listed in division (E) of this section required to verify a student's residency. This policy, if adopted, shall supersede any policy concerning the number of documents for initial residency verification adopted by the district the student is entitled to attend. If a community school does not adopt a policy under this division, the policy of the school district in which the student is entitled to attend shall prevail.
(C) In making the determinations under this section, the school district in which a parent or child resides is the location the parent or student has established as the primary residence and where substantial family activity takes place.
(D) If a district's determination under division (A) of this section of the school district a student is entitled to attend under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code differs from a community school's determination under division (B) of this section, the community school shall provide the school district that made the determination under division (A) of this section with documentation of the student's residency and shall make a good faith effort to accurately identify the correct residence of the student.
(E) For purposes of this section, the following documents may serve as evidence of primary residence:
1. (1) A deed, mortgage, lease, current home owner's or renter's insurance declaration page, or current real property tax bill;
2. (2) A utility bill or receipt of utility installation issued within ninety days of enrollment;
3. (3) A paycheck or paystub issued to the parent or student within ninety days of the date of enrollment that includes the address of the parent's or student's primary residence;
4. (4) The most current available bank statement issued to the parent or student that includes the address of the parent's or student's primary residence;
5. (5) Any other official document issued to the parent or student that includes the address of the parent's or student's primary residence. The superintendent of public instruction shall develop guidelines for determining what qualifies as an "official document" under this division.
(F) When a student loses permanent housing and becomes a homeless child or youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11434a, or when a child who is such a homeless child or youth changes temporary living arrangements, the district in which the student is entitled to attend school shall be determined in accordance with division (F)(13) of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code and the "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act," 42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.
(G) In the event of a disagreement as to which school district a student is entitled to attend, the community school, after complying with division (D) of this section, but not more than sixty days after the monthly deadline established by the department of education for reporting of community school enrollment, may present the matter to the superintendent of public instruction. Not later than thirty days after the community school presents the matter, the state superintendent, or the state superintendent's designee, shall determine which district the student is entitled to attend and shall direct any necessary adjustments to payments and deductions under section 3314.08 of the Revised Code based on that determination.