Last month, Governor DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 11, impacting the paid holidays required for eleven- and twelve-month regular nonteaching school employees, pursuant to section 3319.087 of the Revised Code. This recent change clarified prior law enacted last year, that provided Juneteenth as a paid holiday for only nine- and ten-month regular nonteaching employees (who likely do not work during June).

Effective June 10, 2022, school districts are required to grant Juneteenth as a paid holiday for their regular nonteaching employees who are employed on an eleven- or twelve-month basis, so long as an employee accrues earnings on the next preceding and next following scheduled work days before and after Juneteenth, or where the employee was properly excused from attendance at work on either or both of those days.

School districts are not required to provide Juneteenth as a paid holiday for any other employees of the district. Though, a school district may, at its discretion, grant Juneteenth as a paid holiday to other employees. Should that be the case, school districts should consider the appropriate method of doing so, which may include modifying board policy, entering into a memorandum of understanding, and/or amending individual employment contracts, depending on the circumstances.