{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3323.143","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3323.143","heading":"Custodial parent financially responsible for unilateral placement.","body":"If a child with a disability's custodial parent has made a unilateral placement of the child, the parent shall be responsible for payment of tuition to the program or facility the child is attending as a result of that placement as long as the district of residence has offered a free appropriate public education to that child. As used in this section, \"unilateral placement\" means withdrawing a child with a disability from a program or facility operated by the district of residence or from a program or facility with which the district of residence has arranged for education of the child and instead enrolling that child in another program or facility that is not a home, as defined in section 3313.64 of the Revised Code, or that is not a facility or program available to the child pursuant to an open enrollment policy under section 3313.98 or 3313.983 of the Revised Code.","path":["Title 33 Education-Libraries","Chapter 3323 Education of Children with Disabilities"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3323.143","current_through":"2007-09-29 (House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:33Z","sha256":"ef343f1498c2b3fd7f070d3beac6dc4dc04df3dc6e823273b258c736c5cf2883","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3323.142","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3323.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}