As Passed by the House                        1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                             Am. 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-PADGETT-BUCHY-LUCAS-THOMAS-         10           

     BATCHELDER-MYERS-HOTTINGER-CAREY-JONES-GRENDELL-VERICH-       11           

  VESPER-WINKLER-BRADY-KREBS-JOHNSON-WACHTMANN-WILLIAMS-SALERNO    12           


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             To enact section 3316.041 of the Revised Code to      16           

                authorize the Auditor of State to conduct          18           

                performance audits of school districts  in a       19           

                state of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency.         20           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        21           

      Section 1.  That section 3316.041 of the Revised Code be     23           

enacted to read as follows:                                        24           

      Sec. 3316.041.  THE AUDITOR OF STATE MAY CONDUCT A           26           

PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A STATE OF FISCAL        27           

WATCH, OR IN A STATE OF FISCAL EMERGENCY, IN WHICH THE AUDITOR OF  28           

STATE REVIEWS ANY PROGRAMS OR AREAS OF OPERATION IN WHICH THE      29           

AUDITOR OF STATE BELIEVES THAT GREATER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES                 

OR ENHANCED PROGRAM RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED.  A PERFORMANCE AUDIT  30           

UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE REVIEW OR EVALUATION OF       31           

SCHOOL DISTRICT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.                              32