Presented are texts of Ohio state laws regarding the provision and funding of special educational programs, school attendance, and related issues. Laws regarding special educational programs deal with such topics as classes and training of teachers for the handicapped, inspection of classes, programs for the gifted, definition of handicapped persons, home instruction, qualifications of special education teachers, teaching systems in schools for the deaf, tuition and transportation for special instruction, payment for boarding expenses, powers and duties of the County Children Services Board, and use of federal funds in providing transportation services. Included are laws concerning the administration of funds, calculation of payments to districts, certification of average daily membership, calculation of approved classroom units, determination of transportation costs, distribution of payments for educational programs and special circumstances, educational grants to parents of pupils attending nonpublic schools, tuition for nonresident pupils, certification of County Board of Education Annual Budget, and salary schedules for teachers. Laws on attendance treat such issues as suspension or expulsion, and compulsory school age. Also presented are related laws on such topics as schools for tubercular persons, educational aides, return of pupils to parents, and duties of the County Board of Mental Retardation. (GW)