As Passed by the Senate 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 178 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES WILLIAMS-VESPER-CORBIN-SENATORS RAY-DRAKE-WATTS 8
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A B I L L
To amend section 3301.03 of the Revised Code to 11
remove the prohibition against an employee or 12
officer of a public or private college,
university, or other institution of higher 13
education from serving on the State Board of
Education. 14
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 16
Section 1. That section 3301.03 of the Revised Code be 18
amended to read as follows: 19
Sec. 3301.03. Each elected voting member of the state 28
board of education shall be a qualified elector residing in the 30
territory composing the district from which the member is 32
elected, and shall be nominated and elected to office as provided 33
by Title XXXV of the Revised Code. Each appointed voting member 34
of the board shall be a qualified elector residing in the state. 35
At least four of the appointed voting members shall represent 36
rural school districts in the state, as evidenced by the member's 37
current place of residence and at least one of the following: 39
(1)(A) The member's children attend, or at one time 41
attended, school in a rural district; 43
(2)(B) The member's past or present occupation is 45
associated with rural areas of the state; 47
(3)(C) The member possesses other credentials or 49
experience demonstrating knowledge and familiarity with rural 51
school districts.
Each NO elected and OR appointed voting member of the board 54
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shall not, during his THE MEMBER'S term of office, hold any other 55
public position of trust or profit, or be an employee or officer 58
of any public or private ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY school, or a 59
public or private college, university, or other institution of 60
higher education. Before entering on the duties of his office, 61
each elected and appointed voting member shall subscribe to the 63
official oath of office.
Each voting member of the state board of education shall be 65
paid a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of 66
the Revised Code, together with his THE MEMBER'S actual and 67
necessary expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of 69
his THE MEMBER'S official duties or in the conduct of authorized 70
board business, and while en route to and from his THE MEMBER'S 71
home for such purposes. 72
Section 2. That existing section 3301.03 of the Revised 74
Code is hereby repealed. 75