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