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| To amend sections 3301.075, 3313.843, and 3319.17 and | 1 |
| to enact sections 3301.0713, 3312.01 to 3312.14, | 2 |
| and 3313.845 of the Revised Code to establish the | 3 |
| Educational Regional Service System and the EMIS | 4 |
| Advisory Board. | 5 |
| Section 1. That sections 3301.075, 3313.843, and 3319.17 be | 6 |
| amended and sections 3301.0713, 3312.01, 3312.02, 3312.03, | 7 |
| 3312.04, 3312.05, 3312.06, 3312.07, 3312.08, 3312.09, 3312.10, | 8 |
| 3312.11, 3312.12, 3312.13, 3312.14, and 3313.845 of the Revised | 9 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 10 |
| Sec. 3301.075. The state board of education shall adopt | 11 |
| rules governing the purchasing and leasing of data processing | 12 |
| services and equipment for all local, exempted village, city, and | 13 |
| joint vocational school districts and all educational service | 14 |
| centers. Such rules shall include provisions for the establishment | 15 |
| of an Ohio education computer network under procedures, | 16 |
| guidelines, and specifications of the department of education. | 17 |
| The department shall administer funds appropriated for the | 18 |
| Ohio education computer network to ensure its efficient and | 19 |
| economical operation and shall approve no more than twenty-seven | 20 |
| data acquisition sites to operate concurrently. Such sites shall | 21 |
| be approved for funding in accordance with rules of the state | 22 |
| board adopted under this section that shall provide for the | 23 |
| superintendent of public instruction to require the membership of | 24 |
| each data acquisition site to be composed of combinations of | 25 |
| school districts and educational service centers having sufficient | 26 |
| students to support an efficient, economical comprehensive program | 27 |
| of computer services to member districts and educational service | 28 |
| centers. However, no such rule shall prohibit a school district or | 29 |
| educational service center from receiving computer services from | 30 |
| any data acquisition site established under this section. Each | 31 |
| data acquisition site shall be organized in accordance with | 32 |
| section 3313.92 or Chapter 167. of the Revised Code. | 33 |
| The department of education may contract with an independent | 34 |
| for profit or nonprofit entity to provide current and historical | 35 |
| information on Ohio government through the Ohio education computer | 36 |
| network to school district libraries operating in accordance with | 37 |
| section 3375.14 of the Revised Code in order to assist school | 38 |
| teachers in social studies course instruction and support student | 39 |
| research projects. Any such contract shall be awarded in | 40 |
| accordance with Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. | 41 |
| Sec. 3301.0713. (A) There is hereby established the | 42 |
| education management information system advisory board. The board | 43 |
| shall make recommendations to the department of education for | 44 |
| improving the operation of the education management information | 45 |
| system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. | 46 |
| Topics that may be addressed by the recommendations include the | 47 |
| definitions used for the data maintained in the system, reporting | 48 |
| deadlines, rules and guidelines for the operation of the system | 49 |
| adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section | 50 |
| 3301.0714 of the Revised Code, and any other issues raised by | 51 |
| education personnel who work with the system. | 52 |
| (B) The board shall consist of the following members: | 53 |
| (1) Two members of the state board, appointed by the state | 54 |
| board; | 55 |
| (2) One person appointed by the Ohio educational service | 56 |
| center association; | 57 |
| (3) One person appointed by the buckeye association of school | 58 |
| administrators; | 59 |
| (4) One person appointed by the Ohio association of school | 60 |
| business officials; | 61 |
| (5) One person appointed by the Ohio association of EMIS | 62 |
| professionals; | 63 |
| (6) One representative of four-year institutions of higher | 64 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio board of regents; | 65 |
| (7) One representative of two-year institutions of higher | 66 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio association of community | 67 |
| colleges; | 68 |
| (8) Two representatives of the department, appointed by the | 69 |
| superintendent of public instruction; | 70 |
| (9) Two persons appointed by the management council of the | 71 |
| Ohio education computer network. | 72 |
| The chairpersons of the education committees of the senate | 73 |
| and house of representatives, or their designees, shall be ex | 74 |
| officio, nonvoting members of the board. | 75 |
| (C) Members of the board initially appointed under division | 76 |
| (A) of this section shall serve until January 1, 2008. Thereafter, | 77 |
| terms of office shall be for two years, each term ending on the | 78 |
| same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each | 79 |
| member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the | 80 |
| end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be | 81 |
| reappointed. | 82 |
| (D) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the | 83 |
| original appointment. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy | 84 |
| occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the | 85 |
| member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the | 86 |
| remainder of that term. Members shall receive no compensation for | 87 |
| their services. | 88 |
| (E) The chairpersons of the education committees of the | 89 |
| senate and house of representatives, or their designees, shall | 90 |
| alternate annually as chairperson of the board. The board shall | 91 |
| meet once every two months and at other times upon the call of the | 92 |
| chairperson. | 93 |
| (F) If at any time the education management information | 94 |
| system is replaced with a new system for collecting financial and | 95 |
| student performance data for school districts and buildings, the | 96 |
| board established by this section shall continue to function in | 97 |
| the manner prescribed by this section in relation to the new data | 98 |
| collection system after the new system is operational. | 99 |
| Sec. 3312.01. The educational regional service system is | 100 |
| hereby established. The system shall support state and school | 101 |
| efforts to improve school effectiveness and student achievement. | 102 |
| Services shall be provided under the system to school districts, | 103 |
| community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised | 104 |
| Code, and chartered nonpublic schools. | 105 |
| The system shall consist of the following: | 106 |
| (A) The state regional alliance advisory board established | 107 |
| under section 3312.13 of the Revised Code; | 108 |
| (B) The advisory councils and subcommittees established under | 109 |
| sections 3312.03 and 3312.05 of the Revised Code; | 110 |
| (C) A fiscal agent for each of the regions as configured | 111 |
| under section 3312.02 of the Revised Code; | 112 |
| (D) Educational service centers, special education regional | 113 |
| resource centers established under section 3312.10 of the Revised | 114 |
| Code, data acquisition sites established under section 3301.075 of | 115 |
| the Revised Code, and other regional education service providers. | 116 |
| Educational service centers shall provide the services that | 117 |
| they are specifically required to provide by the Revised Code and | 118 |
| may enter into agreements pursuant to section 3313.843, 3313.844, | 119 |
| or 3313.845 of the Revised Code for the provision of other | 120 |
| services. Any educational service center selected to be a fiscal | 121 |
| agent for its region pursuant to section 3312.07 of the Revised | 122 |
| Code shall continue to operate as an educational service center | 123 |
| for the part of the region that comprises its territory. Special | 124 |
| education regional resource centers and data acquisition sites may | 125 |
| enter into agreements for the provision of services pursuant to | 126 |
| section 3312.12 of the Revised Code. | 127 |
| No school district, community school, or chartered nonpublic | 128 |
| school shall be required to receive services from an educational | 129 |
| service center, special education regional resource center, or | 130 |
| data acquisition site in the region in which the district or | 131 |
| school is located, except that a local school district shall | 132 |
| receive any services required by the Revised Code to be provided | 133 |
| by an educational service center to the local school districts in | 134 |
| its territory from the educational service center in whose | 135 |
| territory the district is located. | 136 |
| Sec. 3312.02. There shall be the following sixteen regions | 137 |
| in the educational regional service system: | 138 |
| (A) Region one shall consist of the territory contained in | 139 |
| Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Putnam, | 140 |
| Sandusky, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood counties. | 141 |
| (B) Region two shall consist of the territory contained in | 142 |
| Erie, Huron, Lorain, and Ottawa counties. | 143 |
| (C) Region three shall consist of the territory contained in | 144 |
| Cuyahoga county. | 145 |
| (D) Region four shall consist of the territory contained in | 146 |
| Geauga and Lake counties. | 147 |
| (E) Region five shall consist of the territory contained in | 148 |
| Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties. | 149 |
| (F) Region six shall consist of the territory contained in | 150 |
| Allen, Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby counties. | 151 |
| (G) Region seven shall consist of the territory contained in | 152 |
| Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca, and Wyandot | 153 |
| counties. | 154 |
| (H) Region eight shall consist of the territory contained in | 155 |
| Ashland, Columbiana, Holmes, Stark, and Wayne counties. | 156 |
| (I) Region nine shall consist of the territory contained in | 157 |
| Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties. | 158 |
| (J) Region ten shall consist of the territory contained in | 159 |
| Champaign, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, | 160 |
| Pickaway, and Union counties. | 161 |
| (K) Region eleven shall consist of the territory contained in | 162 |
| Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, | 163 |
| Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Tuscarawas counties. | 164 |
| (L) Region twelve shall consist of the territory contained in | 165 |
| Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren counties. | 166 |
| (M) Region thirteen shall consist of the territory contained | 167 |
| in Brown, Clinton, Fayette, and Highland counties. | 168 |
| (N) Region fourteen shall consist of the territory contained | 169 |
| in Adams, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, and Scioto counties. | 170 |
| (O) Region fifteen shall consist of the territory contained | 171 |
| in Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Meigs, Perry, Vinton, and Washington | 172 |
| counties. | 173 |
| (P) Region sixteen shall consist of the territory contained | 174 |
| in Medina, Portage, and Summit counties. | 175 |
| Sec. 3312.03. (A) Each region of the educational regional | 176 |
| service system shall be under the direction of an advisory | 177 |
| council. Except as provided in division (F) of this section, each | 178 |
| advisory council shall consist of the following members and the | 179 |
| members appointed under division (B) of this section: | 180 |
| (1) The superintendent of each educational service center in | 181 |
| the region; | 182 |
| (2) The director of the special education regional resource | 183 |
| center in the region; | 184 |
| (3) The superintendent of the school district in the region | 185 |
| with the smallest student population; | 186 |
| (4) The superintendent of the school district in the region | 187 |
| with the largest student population; | 188 |
| (5) The director of each data acquisition site located in the | 189 |
| region; | 190 |
| (6) One representative of a four-year institution of higher | 191 |
| education located in the region, or in an adjacent region if there | 192 |
| is no such institution, appointed by the Ohio board of regents; | 193 |
| (7) One representative of a two-year institution of higher | 194 |
| education located in the region, or in an adjacent region if there | 195 |
| is no such institution, appointed by the Ohio association of | 196 |
| community colleges. | 197 |
| (B) The members of the advisory council listed in division | 198 |
| (A) of this section, upon a majority vote, shall appoint the | 199 |
| following members to serve on the council: | 200 |
| (1) One member of a board of education of a city school | 201 |
| district in the region; | 202 |
| (2) One member of a board of education of an exempted village | 203 |
| school district in the region; | 204 |
| (3) One member of a board of education of a local school | 205 |
| district in the region; | 206 |
| (4) One representative of business; | 207 |
| (5) One employee of an education technology center. However, | 208 |
| no education technology center shall have more than two employees | 209 |
| serving on advisory councils at the same time. | 210 |
| (C) Each advisory council annually shall elect a chairperson | 211 |
| and vice-chairperson from among its members. | 212 |
| (D) For two years after its initial meeting, each advisory | 213 |
| council shall hold regular meetings at least monthly to conduct | 214 |
| council business and may hold other meetings at the call of the | 215 |
| chairperson. Subsequently, all meetings shall be called by the | 216 |
| chairperson. | 217 |
| (E) Advisory council members shall receive no compensation | 218 |
| for their services. | 219 |
| (F) Any advisory council may increase its membership beyond | 220 |
| the members required by divisions (A) and (B) of this section by | 221 |
| adopting a resolution specifying the number of additional members, | 222 |
| their manner of appointment, and any eligibility criteria for | 223 |
| appointment. | 224 |
| Sec. 3312.04. The advisory council of each region of the | 225 |
| educational regional service system shall do all of the following: | 226 |
| (A) Identify regional needs and priorities for educational | 227 |
| services; | 228 |
| (B) Develop policies to coordinate the delivery of services | 229 |
| to school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic | 230 |
| schools in a manner that responds to regional needs and | 231 |
| priorities; | 232 |
| (C) Make recommendations to the fiscal agent for the region | 233 |
| regarding the expenditure of funds available to the region for | 234 |
| implementation of state and regional education initiatives; | 235 |
| (D) Monitor implementation of state and regional education | 236 |
| initiatives by educational service centers, special education | 237 |
| regional resource centers, data acquisition sites, and other | 238 |
| regional service providers to ensure that the terms of the | 239 |
| performance contracts entered into by the fiscal agent for the | 240 |
| region under section 3312.08 of the Revised Code are being met. | 241 |
| Sec. 3312.05. (A) The advisory council of each region of the | 242 |
| educational regional service system shall establish the following | 243 |
| specialized subcommittees of the council: | 244 |
| (1) A school improvement subcommittee, which shall include | 245 |
| representatives of community schools and education personnel with | 246 |
| expertise in the area of school improvement; | 247 |
| (2) An education technology subcommittee, which shall include | 248 |
| classroom teachers or curriculum coordinators, parents, elementary | 249 |
| and secondary school principals, representatives of chartered | 250 |
| nonpublic schools, representatives of business, and | 251 |
| representatives of two-year and four-year institutions of higher | 252 |
| education; | 253 |
| (3) A professional development subcommittee, which shall | 254 |
| include classroom teachers, principals, school district | 255 |
| superintendents, curriculum coordinators, representatives of | 256 |
| chartered nonpublic schools, and representatives of two-year and | 257 |
| four-year institutions of higher education; | 258 |
| (4) A special education subcommittee, which shall consist of | 259 |
| the members of the governing board of the special education | 260 |
| regional resource center in the region; | 261 |
| (5) A data acquisition site subcommittee, which shall consist | 262 |
| of the members of the governing authority of each data acquisition | 263 |
| site located in the region. | 264 |
| (B) The advisory council shall appoint persons who reside or | 265 |
| practice their occupations in the region to serve on the | 266 |
| subcommittees established under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this | 267 |
| section. If the advisory council is unable to appoint such a | 268 |
| person to a subcommittee, the council shall appoint a similarly | 269 |
| situated person from an adjacent region. | 270 |
| (C) An advisory council may establish additional | 271 |
| subcommittees as needed to address topics of interest to the | 272 |
| council. Members of any additional subcommittee shall be appointed | 273 |
| by the advisory council and shall include a diverse range of | 274 |
| education personnel with expertise in the topic addressed by the | 275 |
| subcommittee and representatives of individuals or groups with an | 276 |
| interest in the topic. | 277 |
| (D) Any member of an advisory council may participate in the | 278 |
| deliberations of any subcommittee established by the council. | 279 |
| Sec. 3312.06. Each advisory council subcommittee established | 280 |
| under section 3312.05 of the Revised Code shall make | 281 |
| recommendations to the advisory council regarding the | 282 |
| implementation of state and regional education initiatives in the | 283 |
| subcommittee's area of specialization. The recommendations may | 284 |
| include strategies to tailor state education initiatives to | 285 |
| regional needs and priorities or to maximize funds available to | 286 |
| the region for the provision of services in the subcommittee's | 287 |
| area of specialization. | 288 |
| Sec. 3312.07. (A) Not later than July 1, 2005, the department | 289 |
| of education shall select a school district or educational service | 290 |
| center in each region of the educational regional service system | 291 |
| to be the fiscal agent for the region. For this purpose, the | 292 |
| department shall issue a request for proposals from districts and | 293 |
| service centers interested in being a fiscal agent. The department | 294 |
| shall select each fiscal agent based upon the following criteria: | 295 |
| (1) Capability to serve as a fiscal agent as demonstrated by | 296 |
| a satisfactory audit record and prior experience serving as a | 297 |
| fiscal agent; | 298 |
| (2) Adequate capacity in terms of facilities, personnel, and | 299 |
| other relevant resources; | 300 |
| (3) Evidence that the school district's or educational | 301 |
| service center's role as a fiscal agent would result in minimal | 302 |
| disruption to its responsibilities as a district or service | 303 |
| center; | 304 |
| (4) Demonstrated intent to limit fees for administering a | 305 |
| performance contract entered into under section 3312.08 of the | 306 |
| Revised Code to not more than four per cent of the value of the | 307 |
| contract. | 308 |
| (B) If no school district or educational service center in a | 309 |
| region responds to the request for proposals issued by the | 310 |
| department, the department shall select a district or service | 311 |
| center in the region that meets the criteria in division (A) of | 312 |
| this section to be the fiscal agent for the region. | 313 |
| Sec. 3312.08. Each fiscal agent selected by the department | 314 |
| of education pursuant to section 3312.07 of the Revised Code shall | 315 |
| do all of the following: | 316 |
| (A) Enter into performance contracts with the department in | 317 |
| accordance with section 3312.09 of the Revised Code for the | 318 |
| implementation of state and regional education initiatives; | 319 |
| (B) Receive federal and state funds for the implementation of | 320 |
| state and regional education initiatives and disburse those funds | 321 |
| to educational service centers, special education regional | 322 |
| resource centers, data acquisition sites, and other regional | 323 |
| service providers; | 324 |
| (C) Implement any expenditure of funds recommended by the | 325 |
| advisory council for the region pursuant to section 3312.04 of the | 326 |
| Revised Code for the implementation of state and regional | 327 |
| education initiatives, unless there are insufficient funds | 328 |
| available to the region to pay for the recommended expenditure, | 329 |
| the recommended expenditure violates a provision of the Revised | 330 |
| Code or rule of the state board of education regarding such | 331 |
| expenditure, or the terms of any performance contract under which | 332 |
| the funds have been made available to the region prohibit the | 333 |
| recommended expenditure; | 334 |
| (D) Exercise fiscal oversight of the implementation of state | 335 |
| and regional education initiatives. | 336 |
| Sec. 3312.09. Each performance contract entered into by the | 337 |
| department of education and the fiscal agent of a region for | 338 |
| implementation of a state or regional education initiative shall | 339 |
| include the following: | 340 |
| (A) A definition of the services to be provided to school | 341 |
| districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools in | 342 |
| the region; | 343 |
| (B) Expected outcomes from the provision of the services | 344 |
| defined in the contract; | 345 |
| (C) The method the department will use to evaluate whether | 346 |
| the expected outcomes have been achieved; | 347 |
| (D) A requirement that the fiscal agent develop and implement | 348 |
| a corrective action plan if the results of the evaluation are | 349 |
| unsatisfactory; | 350 |
| (E) Data reporting requirements; | 351 |
| (F) A requirement that a member of the advisory council in | 352 |
| the region be a member of the state regional alliance advisory | 353 |
| board established under section 3312.13 of the Revised Code. | 354 |
| Sec. 3312.10. As used in this section and section 3312.11 of | 355 |
| the Revised Code, "handicapped child," "related services," and | 356 |
| "other educational agency" have the same meanings as in section | 357 |
| 3323.01 of the Revised Code. | 358 |
| Each region of the educational regional service system shall | 359 |
| be served by a special education regional resource center. Each | 360 |
| special education regional resource center shall assist school | 361 |
| districts, community schools, and other educational agencies in | 362 |
| the provision of special education and related services to | 363 |
| handicapped children. In providing services to handicapped | 364 |
| children, a special education regional resource center shall | 365 |
| comply with all provisions of Chapter 3323. of the Revised Code | 366 |
| and federal law regarding the education of handicapped children. | 367 |
| Sec. 3312.11. (A) Each special education regional resource | 368 |
| center shall be under the supervision of a governing board. The | 369 |
| governing board shall oversee the delivery of special education | 370 |
| and related services to school districts, community schools, and | 371 |
| other educational agencies in accordance with policies of the | 372 |
| advisory council developed pursuant to section 3312.04 of the | 373 |
| Revised Code. | 374 |
| (B) Within thirty days after the effective date of this | 375 |
| section, the governing board of each special education regional | 376 |
| resource center in existence on the effective date shall adopt a | 377 |
| resolution establishing policies concerning the size and | 378 |
| composition of the board, the manner in which members will be | 379 |
| appointed, any eligibility criteria for appointment, and the terms | 380 |
| of service for members. The resolution shall comply with divisions | 381 |
| (C) and (D) of this section. | 382 |
| (C) Each special education regional resource center governing | 383 |
| board shall include at least the following members: | 384 |
| (1) Two classroom teachers, one of whom shall be a special | 385 |
| education teacher; | 386 |
| (2) One principal or school district superintendent; | 387 |
| (3) One representative of community schools; | 388 |
| (4) One parent of a handicapped child; | 389 |
| (5) One representative of a four-year institution of higher | 390 |
| education located in the region, or in an adjacent region if there | 391 |
| is no such institution; | 392 |
| (6) One representative of a two-year institution of higher | 393 |
| education located in the region, or in an adjacent region if there | 394 |
| is no such institution. | 395 |
| (D) Members shall receive no compensation for their services. | 396 |
| Sec. 3312.12. The board of education of a city, exempted | 397 |
| village, or local school district or the governing authority of a | 398 |
| community school may enter into an agreement, through the adoption | 399 |
| of identical resolutions, with the governing board of a special | 400 |
| education regional resource center or the governing authority of a | 401 |
| data acquisition site, under which the special education regional | 402 |
| resource center or data acquisition site will provide services to | 403 |
| the school district or community school. Services provided under | 404 |
| the agreement and the amount to be paid for such services shall be | 405 |
| mutually agreed to by the parties to the agreement, and shall be | 406 |
| specified in the agreement. Payment for services specified in the | 407 |
| agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the board of | 408 |
| education or community school governing authority and shall be | 409 |
| made directly to the special education regional resource center or | 410 |
| data acquisition site providing the services. | 411 |
| Sec. 3312.13. (A) The state regional alliance advisory board | 412 |
| is hereby created. The board shall consist of the following | 413 |
| members: | 414 |
| (1) One member of the advisory council of each region of the | 415 |
| educational regional service system, appointed by the council; | 416 |
| (2) One member of the state board of education, appointed by | 417 |
| the state board; | 418 |
| (3) One representative of four-year institutions of higher | 419 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio board of regents; | 420 |
| (4) One representative of two-year institutions of higher | 421 |
| education, appointed by the Ohio association of community | 422 |
| colleges; | 423 |
| (5) One representative of the department of education, | 424 |
| appointed by the superintendent of public instruction; | 425 |
| (6) One representative of the governor, appointed by the | 426 |
| governor; | 427 |
| (7) One classroom teacher, appointed jointly by the Ohio | 428 |
| education association and the Ohio federation of teachers; | 429 |
| (8) One parent, appointed by the Ohio parent teacher | 430 |
| association; | 431 |
| (9) One representative of business, appointed by the Ohio | 432 |
| chamber of commerce. | 433 |
| The superintendent of public instruction and the chairpersons | 434 |
| of the education committees of the senate and house of | 435 |
| representatives, or their designees, shall be ex officio, | 436 |
| nonvoting members of the board. | 437 |
| (B) All appointed members of the board shall serve at the | 438 |
| pleasure of their appointing authorities. | 439 |
| (C) Members shall receive no compensation for their services. | 440 |
| (D) The superintendent of public instruction, or the | 441 |
| superintendent's designee, shall be the chairperson of the board. | 442 |
| For two years after its initial meeting, the board shall hold | 443 |
| regular meetings at least monthly to conduct board business and | 444 |
| may hold other meetings at the call of the chairperson. | 445 |
| Subsequently, all meetings shall be called by the chairperson. | 446 |
| Sec. 3312.14. The state regional alliance advisory board | 447 |
| shall do all of the following: | 448 |
| (A) Identify issues concerning the operation of the | 449 |
| educational regional service system that may require action by the | 450 |
| state board of education or the department of education; | 451 |
| (B) Promote communication and coordination among the state | 452 |
| board, the department, fiscal agents, advisory councils, and users | 453 |
| of the educational regional service system regarding issues | 454 |
| affecting the operation of the system and statewide education | 455 |
| initiatives; | 456 |
| (C) Make recommendations regarding quality standards for the | 457 |
| delivery of services to school districts and schools through the | 458 |
| educational regional service system. Copies of the recommendations | 459 |
| shall be provided to any official or governing authority that the | 460 |
| board determines should be advised of the content of the | 461 |
| recommendations. | 462 |
| Sec. 3313.843. (A) Notwithstanding division (D) of section | 463 |
| 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to either | 464 |
| of the following: | 465 |
| (1) Any cooperative education school district; | 466 |
| (2) Any city or exempted village school district with a total | 467 |
| student count of thirteen thousand or more determined pursuant to | 468 |
| section 3317.03 of the Revised Code that has not entered into one | 469 |
| or more agreements pursuant to this section prior to July 1, 1993, | 470 |
| unless the district's total student count did not exceed thirteen | 471 |
| thousand at the time it entered into an initial agreement under | 472 |
| this section. | 473 |
| (B) The board of education of a city or exempted village | 474 |
| school district and the governing board of an educational service | 475 |
| center
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| agreement, through adoption of identical resolutions, under which | 478 |
| the educational service center governing board will provide | 479 |
| services to the city or exempted village school district. | 480 |
| Services provided under the agreement shall be specified in | 481 |
| the agreement, and may include any one or a combination of the | 482 |
| following: supervisory teachers; in-service and continuing | 483 |
| education programs for city or exempted village school district | 484 |
| personnel; curriculum services as provided to the local school | 485 |
| districts under the supervision of the service center governing | 486 |
| board; research and development programs; academic instruction for | 487 |
| which the governing board employs teachers pursuant to section | 488 |
| 3319.02 of the Revised Code; and assistance in the provision of | 489 |
| special accommodations and classes for handicapped students. | 490 |
| Services included in the agreement shall be provided to the city | 491 |
| or exempted village district in the same manner they are provided | 492 |
| to local school districts under the governing board's supervision, | 493 |
| unless otherwise specified in the agreement. The city or exempted | 494 |
| village board of education shall reimburse the educational service | 495 |
| center governing board pursuant to section 3317.11 of the Revised | 496 |
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| under division (B) of former section 3317.11 or division (F) of | 499 |
| section 3317.11 of the Revised Code for an agreement under this | 500 |
| section involving a city school district whose total student count | 501 |
| was less than thirteen thousand, the service center may continue | 502 |
| to receive funding under that division for such an agreement in | 503 |
| any subsequent year if the city district's total student count | 504 |
| exceeds thirteen thousand. However, only the first thirteen | 505 |
| thousand pupils in the formula ADM of such district shall be | 506 |
| included in determining the amount of the per pupil subsidy the | 507 |
| service center shall receive under division (F) of section 3317.11 | 508 |
| of the Revised Code. | 509 |
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| (D) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall | 521 |
| be valid only if a copy is filed with the department of education | 522 |
| by the first day of the school year for which the agreement is in | 523 |
| effect. | 524 |
| Sec. 3313.845. The board of education of a city, exempted | 525 |
| village, or local school district and the governing board of an | 526 |
| educational service center may enter into an agreement, through | 527 |
| adoption of identical resolutions, under which the educational | 528 |
| service center will provide services to the school district. | 529 |
| Services provided under the agreement and the amount to be paid | 530 |
| for such services shall be mutually agreed to by the district | 531 |
| board of education and the service center governing board, and | 532 |
| shall be specified in the agreement. Payment for services | 533 |
| specified in the agreement shall be made pursuant to division (D) | 534 |
| of section 3317.11 of the Revised Code and shall not include any | 535 |
| deduction under division (B), (C), or (F) of that section. Any | 536 |
| agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be valid | 537 |
| only if a copy is filed with the department of education by the | 538 |
| first day of the school year for which the agreement is in effect. | 539 |
| The authority granted under this section to the boards of | 540 |
| education of city and exempted village school districts is in | 541 |
| addition to the authority granted to such boards under section | 542 |
| 3313.843 of the Revised Code. No city or exempted village district | 543 |
| that is eligible to receive services from an educational service | 544 |
| center under section 3313.843 of the Revised Code may receive any | 545 |
| of the services described in division (B) of that section pursuant | 546 |
| to an agreement entered into with an educational service center | 547 |
| under this section. | 548 |
| If a local school district enters into an agreement with an | 549 |
| educational service center under this section and the district is | 550 |
| not located within the territory of the service center, the | 551 |
| agreement shall not require the district to receive any | 552 |
| supervisory services described in division (B) of section 3317.11 | 553 |
| of the Revised Code from the service center. The supervisory | 554 |
| services described in that section shall be provided to the | 555 |
| district by the educational service center of the territory in | 556 |
| which the district is located. | 557 |
| Sec. 3319.17. (A) As used in this section, "interdistrict | 558 |
| contract" means any contract or agreement entered into by an | 559 |
| educational service center governing board and another board or | 560 |
| other public entity pursuant to section 3313.17, 3313.841, | 561 |
| 3313.842, 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, 3313.91, or 3323.08 of the | 562 |
| Revised Code, including any such contract or agreement for the | 563 |
| provision of services funded under division (L) of section | 564 |
| 3317.024 of the Revised Code or provided in any unit approved | 565 |
| under section 3317.05 of the Revised Code. | 566 |
| (B) When, for any of the following reasons that apply to any | 567 |
| city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district | 568 |
| or any educational service center, the board decides that it will | 569 |
| be necessary to reduce the number of teachers it employs, it may | 570 |
| make a reasonable reduction: | 571 |
| (1) In the case of any district or service center, return to | 572 |
| duty of regular teachers after leaves of absence including leaves | 573 |
| provided pursuant to division (B) of section 3314.10 of the | 574 |
| Revised Code, suspension of schools, or territorial changes | 575 |
| affecting the district or center; | 576 |
| (2) In the case of any city, exempted village, local, or | 577 |
| joint vocational school district, decreased enrollment of pupils | 578 |
| in the district; | 579 |
| (3) In the case of any governing board of a service center | 580 |
| providing any particular service directly to pupils pursuant to | 581 |
| one or more interdistrict contracts requiring such service, | 582 |
| reduction in the total number of pupils the governing board is | 583 |
| required to provide with the service under all interdistrict | 584 |
| contracts as a result of the termination or nonrenewal of one or | 585 |
| more of these interdistrict contracts; | 586 |
| (4) In the case of any governing board providing any | 587 |
| particular service that it does not provide directly to pupils | 588 |
| pursuant to one or more interdistrict contracts requiring such | 589 |
| service, reduction in the total level of the service the governing | 590 |
| board is required to provide under all interdistrict contracts as | 591 |
| a result of the termination or nonrenewal of one or more of these | 592 |
| interdistrict contracts. | 593 |
| (C) In making any such reduction, any city, exempted village, | 594 |
| local, or joint vocational school board shall proceed to suspend | 595 |
| contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the | 596 |
| superintendent of schools who shall, within each teaching field | 597 |
| affected, give preference to teachers on continuing contracts and | 598 |
| to teachers who have greater seniority. In making any such | 599 |
| reduction, any governing board of a service center shall proceed | 600 |
| to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the | 601 |
| superintendent who shall, within each teaching field or service | 602 |
| area affected, give preference to teachers on continuing contracts | 603 |
| and to teachers who have greater seniority. | 604 |
| The teachers whose continuing contracts are suspended by any | 605 |
| board pursuant to this section shall have the right of restoration | 606 |
| to continuing service status by that board in the order of | 607 |
| seniority of service in the district if and when teaching | 608 |
| positions become vacant or are created for which any of such | 609 |
| teachers are or become qualified. | 610 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 3301.075, 3313.843, and | 611 |
| 3319.17 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 612 |
| Section 3. Subject to appropriations of the General Assembly, | 613 |
| funding for the operation of the Educational Regional Service | 614 |
| System established by this act shall begin July 1, 2005. It is the | 615 |
| intent of the General Assembly to make any appropriations | 616 |
| necessary to implement this act in the operating budget for the | 617 |
| 2005-2007 fiscal biennium. | 618 |
| Section 4. (A) The Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio | 619 |
| Association of Community Colleges shall make appointments to the | 620 |
| advisory councils established under section 3312.03 of the Revised | 621 |
| Code within thirty days after the effective date of this section. | 622 |
| Each advisory council shall make the appointments required by | 623 |
| division (B) of that section within forty-five days after the | 624 |
| effective date of this section. | 625 |
| (B) Each advisory council shall make the appointments to the | 626 |
| advisory council subcommittees required by division (B) of section | 627 |
| 3312.05 of the Revised Code within sixty days after the effective | 628 |
| date of this section. | 629 |
| (C) Appointments to the State Regional Alliance Advisory | 630 |
| Board established by section 3312.13 of the Revised Code shall be | 631 |
| made within sixty days after the effective date of this section. | 632 |
| (D) Appointments to the Education Management Information | 633 |
| System Advisory Board established by section 3301.0713 of the | 634 |
| Revised Code shall be made within thirty days after the effective | 635 |
| date of this section. | 636 |
| Section 5. It is the intent of the General Assembly to make | 637 |
| the following changes, and any appropriations necessary to | 638 |
| implement the changes, in the operating budget for the 2005-2007 | 639 |
| fiscal biennium: | 640 |
| (A) Eliminate the regional offices of the Department of | 641 |
| Education's Office of Early Childhood Education; | 642 |
| (B) Eliminate regional professional development centers and | 643 |
| transfer their functions and responsibilities to educational | 644 |
| service centers and the special education regional resource | 645 |
| centers established under section 3312.10 of the Revised Code; | 646 |
| (C) Limit the Department to the employment of one person to | 647 |
| perform the job duties of both an area coordinator and a fiscal | 648 |
| consultant in each of the nine regions for which the Department | 649 |
| has established a field office to provide fiscal assistance to | 650 |
| school districts. It is the intent of the General Assembly that | 651 |
| these persons operate under the joint supervision of the advisory | 652 |
| councils established under section 3312.03 of the Revised Code | 653 |
| with territory in the region served by the applicable field office | 654 |
| and that the advisory councils adapt the job duties of these | 655 |
| persons to meet regional needs. | 656 |
| (D) Eliminate the area media centers funded by the Ohio | 657 |
| SchoolNet Commission and transfer their functions and | 658 |
| responsibilities to the state system of libraries established | 659 |
| pursuant to Chapter 3375. of the Revised Code. | 660 |