Lucas v. Ohio State Bd. of Edn.

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 2738

Syllabus

The common pleas court correctly determined that the state board of education failed to fulfill its statutory obligation to identify its reason or reasons for disapproving the hearing officer's recommendation of the requested territory transfer. The state board's generalized reference to diffuse school district \objections\ did not suffice. But because the record may contain evidence that could support the state board's result, depending on what the basis for that result was, the case is remanded so that the trial court may return the matter to the state board for appropriately reviewable disposition of the transfer petition in light of the hearing officer's recommendation. Judgment reversed and cause remanded with instructions for remand to the state board of education for further determination.