As Reported by the House Education Committee             1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                 H. B. No. 412   5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


REPRESENTATIVES CATES-PRINGLE-CLANCY-TERWILLEGER-O'BRIEN-MOTTLEY-  8            

     TIBERI-GARCIA-CORBIN-OLMAN-COLONNA-JACOBSON-FOX-HARRIS-       9            

                    OGG-BRADING-GARDNER-PERZ                       10           


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             To enact section 3316.041 of the Revised Code to      14           

                authorize the Auditor of State to conduct          16           

                performance audits of school districts  in a       17           

                state of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency.         18           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        19           

      Section 1.  That section 3316.041 of the Revised Code be     21           

enacted to read as follows:                                        22           

      Sec. 3316.041.  THE AUDITOR OF STATE MAY CONDUCT A           24           

PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A STATE OF FISCAL        25           

WATCH, OR IN A STATE OF FISCAL EMERGENCY, IN WHICH THE AUDITOR OF  26           

STATE REVIEWS ANY PROGRAMS OR AREAS OF OPERATION IN WHICH THE      27           

AUDITOR OF STATE BELIEVES THAT GREATER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES                 

OR ENHANCED PROGRAM RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED.                       28