As Passed by the House 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 178 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES WILLIAMS-VESPER-CORBIN 8
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A B I L L
To amend section 3301.03 of the Revised Code to 10
remove the prohibition against an employee or 11
officer of a public or private college,
university, or other institution of higher 12
education from serving on the State Board of
Education. 13
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 15
Section 1. That section 3301.03 of the Revised Code be 17
amended to read as follows: 18
Sec. 3301.03. Each elected voting member of the state 27
board of education shall be a qualified elector residing in the 29
territory composing the district from which the member is 31
elected, and shall be nominated and elected to office as provided 32
by Title XXXV of the Revised Code. Each appointed voting member 33
of the board shall be a qualified elector residing in the state. 34
At least four of the appointed voting members shall represent 35
rural school districts in the state, as evidenced by the member's 36
current place of residence and at least one of the following: 38
(1)(A) The member's children attend, or at one time 40
attended, school in a rural district; 42
(2)(B) The member's past or present occupation is 44
associated with rural areas of the state; 46
(3)(C) The member possesses other credentials or 48
experience demonstrating knowledge and familiarity with rural 50
school districts.
Each NO elected and OR appointed voting member of the board 53
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shall not, during his THE MEMBER'S term of office, hold any other 54
public position of trust or profit, or be an employee or officer 57
of any public or private ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY school, or a 58
public or private college, university, or other institution of 59
higher education. Before entering on the duties of his office, 60
each elected and appointed voting member shall subscribe to the 62
official oath of office.
Each voting member of the state board of education shall be 64
paid a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of 65
the Revised Code, together with his THE MEMBER'S actual and 66
necessary expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of 68
his THE MEMBER'S official duties or in the conduct of authorized 69
board business, and while en route to and from his THE MEMBER'S 70
home for such purposes. 71
Section 2. That existing section 3301.03 of the Revised 73
Code is hereby repealed. 74