SENATORS Nein, Randy Gardner, DiDonato, Brady, Prentiss, Herington, Robert Gardner, Harris, Mumper

To amend sections 3311.19 and 3313.12 of the Revised

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Code to increase the maximum compensation for

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members of school district boards of education and

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educational service center governing boards and to

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permit compensation to members for attendance at

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training programs.

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

Section 1. That sections 3311.19 and 3313.12 of the Revised	7
Code be amended to read as follows:	8

Sec. 3311.19.  (A) The management and control of a joint	9
vocational school district shall be vested in the joint vocational	10
school district board of education. Where a joint vocational	11
school district is composed only of two or more local school	12
districts located in one county, or when all the participating	13
districts are in one county and the boards of such participating	14
districts so choose, the educational service center governing	15
board of the county in which the joint vocational school district	16
is located shall serve as the joint vocational school district	17
board of education. Where a joint vocational school district is	18
composed of local school districts of more than one county, or of	19
any combination of city, local, or exempted village school	20
districts or educational service centers, unless administration by	21
the educational service center governing board has been chosen by	22
all the participating districts in one county pursuant to this	23
section, the board of education of the joint vocational school	24
district shall be composed of one or more persons who are members	25
of the boards of education from each of the city or exempted	26
village school districts or members of the educational service	27
centers' governing boards affected to be appointed by the boards	28
of education or governing boards of such school districts and	29
educational service centers. In such joint vocational school	30
districts the number and terms of members of the joint vocational	31
school district board of education and the allocation of a given	32
number of members to each of the city and exempted village	33
districts and educational service centers shall be determined in	34
the plan for such district, provided that each such joint	35
vocational school district board of education shall be composed of	36
an odd number of members.	37

(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a	38
governing board of an educational service center that has members	39
of its governing board serving on a joint vocational school	40
district board of education may make a request to the joint	41
vocational district board that the joint vocational school	42
district plan be revised to provide for one or more members of	43
boards of education of local school districts that are within the	44
territory of the educational service district and within the joint	45
vocational school district to serve in the place of or in addition	46
to its educational service center governing board members. If	47
agreement is obtained among a majority of the boards of education	48
and governing boards that have a member serving on the joint	49
vocational school district board of education and among a majority	50
of the local school district boards of education included in the	51
district and located within the territory of the educational	52
service center whose board requests the substitution or addition,	53
the state board of education may revise the joint vocational	54
school district plan to conform with such agreement.	55

(C) If the board of education of any school district or	56
educational service center governing board included within a joint	57
vocational district that has had its board or governing board	58
membership revised under division (B) of this section requests the	59
joint vocational school district board to submit to the state	60
board of education a revised plan under which one or more joint	61
vocational board members chosen in accordance with a plan revised	62
under such division would again be chosen in the manner prescribed	63
by division (A) of this section, the joint vocational board shall	64
submit the revised plan to the state board of education, provided	65
the plan is agreed to by a majority of the boards of education	66
represented on the joint vocational board, a majority of the local	67
school district boards included within the joint vocational	68
district, and each educational service center governing board	69
affected by such plan. The state board of education may revise	70
the joint vocational school district plan to conform with the	71
revised plan.	72

(D) The vocational schools in such joint vocational school	73
district shall be available to all youth of school age within the	74
joint vocational school district subject to the rules adopted by	75
the joint vocational school district board of education in regard	76
to the standards requisite to admission. A joint vocational	77
school district board of education shall have the same powers,	78
duties, and authority for the management and operation of such	79
joint vocational school district as is granted by law, except by	80
this chapter and Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the	81
Revised Code, to a board of education of a city school district,	82
and shall be subject to all the provisions of law that apply to a	83
city school district, except such provisions in this chapter and	84
Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised Code.	85

(E) Where a governing board of an educational service center	86
has been designated to serve as the joint vocational school	87
district board of education, the educational service center	88
superintendent shall be the executive officer for the joint	89
vocational school district, and the governing board may provide	90
for additional compensation to be paid to the educational service	91
center superintendent by the joint vocational school district, but	92
the educational service center superintendent shall have no	93
continuing tenure other than that of educational service center	94
superintendent. The superintendent of schools of a joint	95
vocational school district shall exercise the duties and authority	96
vested by law in a superintendent of schools pertaining to the	97
operation of a school district and the employment and supervision	98
of its personnel. The joint vocational school district board of	99
education shall appoint a treasurer of the joint vocational school	100
district who shall be the fiscal officer for such district and who	101
shall have all the powers, duties, and authority vested by law in	102
a treasurer of a board of education. Where a governing board of	103
an educational service center has been designated to serve as the	104
joint vocational school district board of education, such board	105
may appoint the educational service center superintendent as the	106
treasurer of the joint vocational school district.	107

(F) Each member of a joint vocational school district board	108
of education may be paid such compensation as the board provides	109
by resolution, but it shall not exceed eightyone hundred	110
twenty-five dollars per member for each meeting attended plus	111
mileage, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of the board,	112
to and from meetings of the board.	113

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	114
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section	115
3313.202 of the Revised Code. No member of a board of a joint	116
vocational school district who is purchasing any category of	117
benefits under such section offered by a city, local, or exempted	118
village school board or educational service center governing	119
board, shall purchase the same category of benefits as a member of	120
the joint vocational school board.	121

Each member of a joint vocational school district board may	122
be paid such compensation as the board provides by resolution for	123
attendance at an approved training program, provided that such	124
compensation shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for attendance	125
at a training program three hours or fewer in length and one	126
hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training	127
program longer than three hours in length. However, no board	128
member shall be compensated for the same training program under	129
this section and section 3313.12 of the Revised Code.	130

Sec. 3313.12.  Each member of the educational service center	131
governing board may be paid such compensation as the governing	132
board provides by resolution, provided that any such compensation	133
shall not exceed eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars a day plus	134
mileage both ways, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of	135
the governing board, to cover the actual and necessary expenses	136
incurred duringfor attendance uponat any meeting of the board.	137
Such expensescompensation and the expenses of the educational	138
service center superintendent, itemized and verified, shall be	139
paid from the educational service center governing board fund upon	140
vouchers signed by the president of the governing board.	141

The board of education of any city, local, or exempted	142
village school district may provide by resolution for compensation	143
of its members, provided that such compensation shall not exceed	144
eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars per member for meetings	145
attended. The	146

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	147
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section	148
3313.202 of the Revised Code.	149

Each member of a district board or educational service center	150
governing board may be paid such compensation as the respective	151
board provides by resolution for attendance at an approved	152
training program, provided that such compensation shall not exceed	153
sixty dollars a day for attendance at a training program three	154
hours or fewer in length and one hundred twenty-five dollars a day	155
for attendance at a training program longer than three hours in	156
length.	157

Section 2. That existing sections 3311.19 and 3313.12 of the	158
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	159