The Board is required by Section 127.13 of the Revised Code to meet at least once a month, and generally, meetings are held every other Monday throughout the year. The schedule of meeting dates is published each October for the next calendar year and is available from the Controlling Board Office. The President may schedule emergency meetings to address issues needing immediate attention.

Since the Controlling Board calendar may deviate from time to time due to state holidays, it is essential to consult the published Controlling Board schedule to determine the exact date of its meetings. Typically, regularly scheduled Controlling Board meetings are held in the North Hearing Room of the Statehouse Senate Office Building and begin at 1:30 P.M.

The Board is authorized by statute to adopt procedural rules for the conduct of its meetings and may approve, disapprove, modify as to dollar amount, or defer any request that comes before it. In addition, the Board may require that certain matters, delineated in the statute, be added to its agenda. Approval by the Board requires at least four affirmative votes.