REPRESENTATIVES Buehrer, Seitz, White, Otterman, Sullivan, Redfern

To amend sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the Revised

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Code to require certain driver education courses to

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include thirty minutes of instruction relating to

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anatomical gifts and anatomical gift procedures.

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

Section 1. That sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the Revised	5
Code be amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 3301.07.  The state board of education shall exercise	7
under the acts of the general assembly general supervision of the	8
system of public education in the state. In addition to the	9
powers otherwise imposed on the state board under the provisions	10
of law, the board shall have the following powers:	11

(A) Exercise policy forming, planning, and evaluative	12
functions for the public schools of the state, and for adult	13
education, except as otherwise provided by law;	14

(B) Exercise leadership in the improvement of public	15
education in this state, and administer the educational policies	16
of this state relating to public schools, and relating to	17
instruction and instructional material, building and equipment,	18
transportation of pupils, administrative responsibilities of	19
school officials and personnel, and finance and organization of	20
school districts, educational service centers, and territory.	21
Consultative and advisory services in such matters shall be	22
provided by the board to school districts and educational service	23
centers of this state. The board also shall develop a standard of	24
financial reporting which shall be used by all school districts	25
and educational service centers to make their financial	26
information available to the public in a format understandable by	27
the average citizen and provide year-to-year comparisons for at	28
least five years. The format shall show, among other things,	29
district and educational service center revenue by source;	30
expenditures for salaries, wages, and benefits of employees,	31
showing such amounts separately for classroom teachers, other	32
employees required to hold licenses issued pursuant to sections	33
3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and all other employees;	34
expenditures other than for personnel, by category, including	35
utilities, textbooks and other educational materials, equipment,	36
permanent improvements, pupil transportation, extracurricular	37
athletics, and other extracurricular activities; and per pupil	38
expenditures.	39

(C) Administer and supervise the allocation and distribution	40
of all state and federal funds for public school education under	41
the provisions of law, and may prescribe such systems of	42
accounting as are necessary and proper to this function. It may	43
require county auditors and treasurers, boards of education,	44
educational service center governing boards, treasurers of such	45
boards, teachers, and other school officers and employees, or	46
other public officers or employees, to file with it such reports	47
as it may prescribe relating to such funds, or to the management	48
and condition of such funds.	49

(D) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards to be applied	50
to all elementary and secondary schools in this state for the	51
purpose of requiring a general education of high quality. Such	52
standards shall provide adequately for: the licensing of teachers,	53
administrators, and other professional personnel and their	54
assignment according to training and qualifications; efficient and	55
effective instructional materials and equipment, including library	56
facilities; the proper organization, administration, and	57
supervision of each school, including regulations for preparing	58
all necessary records and reports and the preparation of a	59
statement of policies and objectives for each school; buildings,	60
grounds, health and sanitary facilities and services; admission of	61
pupils, and such requirements for their promotion from grade to	62
grade as will assure that they are capable and prepared for the	63
level of study to which they are certified; requirements for	64
graduation; and such other factors as the board finds necessary.	65

In the formulation and administration of such standards for	66
nonpublic schools the board shall also consider the particular	67
needs, methods and objectives of those schools, provided they do	68
not conflict with the provision of a general education of a high	69
quality and provided that regular procedures shall be followed for	70
promotion from grade to grade of pupils who have met the	71
educational requirements prescribed.	72

(E) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards for driver	73
education courses conducted at high schools in the state or by	74
educational service centers or joint vocational school district	75
boards of education. In the formulation of standards for driver	76
education courses, the board shall call upon the director of	77
public safety for advice and assistance. The standards shall	78
require twenty-four hours of classroom instruction, and eight	79
hours of actual behind-the-wheel instruction conducted on public	80
streets and highways of this state, but shall not require any	81
additional hours of observation within a vehicle. The board shall	82
require energy conservation information as part of the driver	83
education curriculum. Such information shall include, but need	84
not be limited to, the identification of inefficient driving	85
techniques and improper maintenance as they relate to decreased	86
gas mileage, information regarding the costs and benefits of	87
different modes of travel, and information concerning relative	88
fuel economy and life-cycle costs of new automobile purchases. The	89
board also shall require financial responsibility information as	90
part of the driver education curriculum. In addition, the board	91
shall require that of the twenty-four hours of classroom	92
instruction prescribed by this division, thirty minutes of that	93
time be devoted to anatomical gifts and anatomical gift	94
procedures. The board also may require as part of the health and	95
driver education curriculacurriculum information developed under	96
section 2108.15 of the Revised Code promoting the donation of	97
anatomical gifts pursuant to Chapter 2108. of the Revised Code and	98
may provide the information to high schools, educational service	99
centers, and joint vocational school district boards of education.	100

(F) Prepare and submit annually to the governor and the	101
general assembly a report on the status, needs, and major problems	102
of the public schools of the state, with recommendations for	103
necessary legislative action and a ten-year projection of the	104
state's public and nonpublic school enrollment, by year and by	105
grade level;	106

(G) Prepare and submit to the director of budget and	107
management the biennial budgetary requests of the state board of	108
education, for its agencies and for the public schools of the	109
state;	110

(H) Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies	111
concerned with the health and welfare of children and youth of the	112
state;	113

(I) Require such reports from school districts and	114
educational service centers, school officers, and employees as are	115
necessary and desirable. The superintendents and treasurers of	116
school districts and educational service centers shall certify as	117
to the accuracy of all reports required by law or state board or	118
state department of education rules to be submitted by the	119
district or educational service center and which contain	120
information necessary for calculation of state funding. Any	121
superintendent who knowingly falsifies such report shall be	122
subject to license revocation pursuant to section 3319.31 of the	123
Revised Code.	124

(J) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code,	125
adopt procedures, standards, and guidelines for the education of	126
handicapped children pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised	127
Code, including procedures, standards, and guidelines governing	128
programs and services operated by county boards of mental	129
retardation and developmental disabilities pursuant to section	130
3323.09 of the Revised Code;	131

(K) For the purpose of encouraging the development of	132
special programs of education for academically gifted children,	133
employ competent persons to analyze and publish data, promote	134
research, advise and counsel with boards of education, and	135
encourage the training of teachers in the special instruction of	136
gifted children. The board may provide financial assistance out	137
of any funds appropriated for this purpose to boards of education	138
and educational service center governing boards for developing and	139
conducting programs of education for academically gifted children.	140

(L) Require that all public schools emphasize and encourage,	141
within existing units of study, the teaching of energy and	142
resource conservation as recommended to each district board of	143
education by leading business persons involved in energy	144
production and conservation, beginning in the primary grades;	145

(M) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards requiring the	146
use of phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades	147
kindergarten through three. In addition, the state board shall	148
provide in-service training programs for teachers on the use of	149
phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades	150
kindergarten through three.	151

(N) Develop and modify as necessary a state plan for	152
technology to encourage and promote the use of technological	153
advancements in educational settings.	154

The board may adopt rules necessary for carrying out any	155
function imposed on it by law, and may provide rules as are	156
necessary for its government and the government of its employees,	157
and may delegate to the superintendent of public instruction the	158
management and administration of any function imposed on it by	159
law. It may provide for the appointment of board members to serve	160
on temporary committees established by the board for such purposes	161
as are necessary. Permanent or standing committees shall not be	162
created.	163

Sec. 4508.02.  (A) The director of public safety, subject to	164
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and prescribe such	165
rules concerning the administration and enforcement of this	166
chapter as are necessary to protect the public. The director	167
shall inspect the school facilities and equipment of applicants	168
and licensees and examine applicants for instructor's licenses.	169

(B) The director shall administer and enforce this chapter,	170
and may call upon the state superintendent of public instruction	171
for assistance in developing and formulating the rules for	172
training beginning drivers.	173

(C) The rules shall require twenty-four hours of classroom	174
instruction of which thirty minutes shall be devoted to anatomical	175
gifts and anatomical gift procedures, and eight hours of actual	176
behind-the-wheel instruction conducted on public streets and	177
highways of this state for all beginning drivers of noncommercial	178
motor vehicles who are under age eighteen.	179

(D) The rules shall state the minimum hours for classroom	180
and behind-the-wheel instruction required for beginning drivers of	181
commercial trucks, commercial cars, buses, and commercial	182
tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers.	183

Section 2. That existing sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the	184
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	185