REPRESENTATIVES Buehrer, Seitz, White, Otterman, Sullivan, Redfern, Callender, Setzer, Seaver, Barrett, Carano, Woodard, Webster, Calvert, Hartnett, Fedor

To amend sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 and to enact

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section 5.2223 of the Revised Code to require

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certain driver education courses to include thirty

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minutes of instruction relating to anatomical gifts

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and anatomical gift procedures and to designate

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March as "Eye Donor Month in Ohio."

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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 be amended and	7
section 5.2223 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 5.2223. The month of March is designated as "Eye Donor	9
Month in Ohio."	10

Sec. 3301.07.  The state board of education shall exercise	11
under the acts of the general assembly general supervision of the	12
system of public education in the state. In addition to the	13
powers otherwise imposed on the state board under the provisions	14
of law, the board shall have the following powers:	15

(A) Exercise policy forming, planning, and evaluative	16
functions for the public schools of the state, and for adult	17
education, except as otherwise provided by law;	18

(B) Exercise leadership in the improvement of public	19
education in this state, and administer the educational policies	20
of this state relating to public schools, and relating to	21
instruction and instructional material, building and equipment,	22
transportation of pupils, administrative responsibilities of	23
school officials and personnel, and finance and organization of	24
school districts, educational service centers, and territory.	25
Consultative and advisory services in such matters shall be	26
provided by the board to school districts and educational service	27
centers of this state. The board also shall develop a standard of	28
financial reporting which shall be used by all school districts	29
and educational service centers to make their financial	30
information available to the public in a format understandable by	31
the average citizen and provide year-to-year comparisons for at	32
least five years. The format shall show, among other things,	33
district and educational service center revenue by source;	34
expenditures for salaries, wages, and benefits of employees,	35
showing such amounts separately for classroom teachers, other	36
employees required to hold licenses issued pursuant to sections	37
3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and all other employees;	38
expenditures other than for personnel, by category, including	39
utilities, textbooks and other educational materials, equipment,	40
permanent improvements, pupil transportation, extracurricular	41
athletics, and other extracurricular activities; and per pupil	42
expenditures.	43

(C) Administer and supervise the allocation and distribution	44
of all state and federal funds for public school education under	45
the provisions of law, and may prescribe such systems of	46
accounting as are necessary and proper to this function. It may	47
require county auditors and treasurers, boards of education,	48
educational service center governing boards, treasurers of such	49
boards, teachers, and other school officers and employees, or	50
other public officers or employees, to file with it such reports	51
as it may prescribe relating to such funds, or to the management	52
and condition of such funds.	53

(D) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards to be applied	54
to all elementary and secondary schools in this state for the	55
purpose of requiring a general education of high quality. Such	56
standards shall provide adequately for: the licensing of teachers,	57
administrators, and other professional personnel and their	58
assignment according to training and qualifications; efficient and	59
effective instructional materials and equipment, including library	60
facilities; the proper organization, administration, and	61
supervision of each school, including regulations for preparing	62
all necessary records and reports and the preparation of a	63
statement of policies and objectives for each school; buildings,	64
grounds, health and sanitary facilities and services; admission of	65
pupils, and such requirements for their promotion from grade to	66
grade as will assure that they are capable and prepared for the	67
level of study to which they are certified; requirements for	68
graduation; and such other factors as the board finds necessary.	69

In the formulation and administration of such standards for	70
nonpublic schools the board shall also consider the particular	71
needs, methods and objectives of those schools, provided they do	72
not conflict with the provision of a general education of a high	73
quality and provided that regular procedures shall be followed for	74
promotion from grade to grade of pupils who have met the	75
educational requirements prescribed.	76

(E) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards for driver	77
education courses conducted at high schools in the state or by	78
educational service centers or joint vocational school district	79
boards of education. In the formulation of standards for driver	80
education courses, the board shall call upon the director of	81
public safety for advice and assistance. The standards shall	82
require twenty-four hours of classroom instruction, and eight	83
hours of actual behind-the-wheel instruction conducted on public	84
streets and highways of this state, but shall not require any	85
additional hours of observation within a vehicle. The board shall	86
require energy conservation information as part of the driver	87
education curriculum. Such information shall include, but need	88
not be limited to, the identification of inefficient driving	89
techniques and improper maintenance as they relate to decreased	90
gas mileage, information regarding the costs and benefits of	91
different modes of travel, and information concerning relative	92
fuel economy and life-cycle costs of new automobile purchases. The	93
board also shall require financial responsibility information as	94
part of the driver education curriculum. In addition, the board	95
shall require that of the twenty-four hours of classroom	96
instruction prescribed by this division, thirty minutes of that	97
time be devoted to anatomical gifts and anatomical gift	98
procedures. The board also may require as part of the health and	99
driver education curriculacurriculum information developed under	100
section 2108.15 of the Revised Code promoting the donation of	101
anatomical gifts pursuant to Chapter 2108. of the Revised Code and	102
may provide the information to high schools, educational service	103
centers, and joint vocational school district boards of education.	104

(F) Prepare and submit annually to the governor and the	105
general assembly a report on the status, needs, and major problems	106
of the public schools of the state, with recommendations for	107
necessary legislative action and a ten-year projection of the	108
state's public and nonpublic school enrollment, by year and by	109
grade level;	110

(G) Prepare and submit to the director of budget and	111
management the biennial budgetary requests of the state board of	112
education, for its agencies and for the public schools of the	113
state;	114

(H) Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies	115
concerned with the health and welfare of children and youth of the	116
state;	117

(I) Require such reports from school districts and	118
educational service centers, school officers, and employees as are	119
necessary and desirable. The superintendents and treasurers of	120
school districts and educational service centers shall certify as	121
to the accuracy of all reports required by law or state board or	122
state department of education rules to be submitted by the	123
district or educational service center and which contain	124
information necessary for calculation of state funding. Any	125
superintendent who knowingly falsifies such report shall be	126
subject to license revocation pursuant to section 3319.31 of the	127
Revised Code.	128

(J) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code,	129
adopt procedures, standards, and guidelines for the education of	130
handicapped children pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised	131
Code, including procedures, standards, and guidelines governing	132
programs and services operated by county boards of mental	133
retardation and developmental disabilities pursuant to section	134
3323.09 of the Revised Code;	135

(K) For the purpose of encouraging the development of	136
special programs of education for academically gifted children,	137
employ competent persons to analyze and publish data, promote	138
research, advise and counsel with boards of education, and	139
encourage the training of teachers in the special instruction of	140
gifted children. The board may provide financial assistance out	141
of any funds appropriated for this purpose to boards of education	142
and educational service center governing boards for developing and	143
conducting programs of education for academically gifted children.	144

(L) Require that all public schools emphasize and encourage,	145
within existing units of study, the teaching of energy and	146
resource conservation as recommended to each district board of	147
education by leading business persons involved in energy	148
production and conservation, beginning in the primary grades;	149

(M) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards requiring the	150
use of phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades	151
kindergarten through three. In addition, the state board shall	152
provide in-service training programs for teachers on the use of	153
phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades	154
kindergarten through three.	155

(N) Develop and modify as necessary a state plan for	156
technology to encourage and promote the use of technological	157
advancements in educational settings.	158

The board may adopt rules necessary for carrying out any	159
function imposed on it by law, and may provide rules as are	160
necessary for its government and the government of its employees,	161
and may delegate to the superintendent of public instruction the	162
management and administration of any function imposed on it by	163
law. It may provide for the appointment of board members to serve	164
on temporary committees established by the board for such purposes	165
as are necessary. Permanent or standing committees shall not be	166
created.	167

Sec. 4508.02.  (A) The director of public safety, subject to	168
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt and prescribe such	169
rules concerning the administration and enforcement of this	170
chapter as are necessary to protect the public. The director	171
shall inspect the school facilities and equipment of applicants	172
and licensees and examine applicants for instructor's licenses.	173

(B) The director shall administer and enforce this chapter,	174
and may call upon the state superintendent of public instruction	175
for assistance in developing and formulating the rules for	176
training beginning drivers.	177

(C) The rules shall require twenty-four hours of classroom	178
instruction of which thirty minutes shall be devoted to anatomical	179
gifts and anatomical gift procedures, and eight hours of actual	180
behind-the-wheel instruction conducted on public streets and	181
highways of this state for all beginning drivers of noncommercial	182
motor vehicles who are under age eighteen.	183

(D) The rules shall state the minimum hours for classroom	184
and behind-the-wheel instruction required for beginning drivers of	185
commercial trucks, commercial cars, buses, and commercial	186
tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers.	187

Section 2. That existing sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the	188
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	189