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| To enact section 3317.018 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish a committee to study the actual per | 2 |
| pupil cost of educating students in public schools | 3 |
| and make recommendations regarding the funding of | 4 |
| public schools. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 3317.018 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3317.018. (A) A committee to study the actual per pupil | 8 |
| cost of educating students enrolled in the public schools of this | 9 |
| state is hereby created. The committee shall examine evidence and | 10 |
| take testimony as necessary to develop a method to determine the | 11 |
| actual per pupil cost of educating public school students, | 12 |
| including the variances in that cost among urban, suburban, and | 13 |
| rural school districts and community schools and among regions of | 14 |
| the state. The committee shall use that method to derive a per | 15 |
| pupil cost figure for computing state aid to public schools. The | 16 |
| committee shall report its findings in a written document, which | 17 |
| shall be distributed to each member of the general assembly and | 18 |
| to the governor not later than December 31, 2008. | 19 |
| The general assembly shall use the method and per pupil cost | 20 |
| figure to determine state aid to public schools in fiscal year | 21 |
| 2010 and in each fiscal year thereafter. | 22 |
| (B) The committee required by division (A) of this section | 23 |
| shall consist of the following members: | 24 |
| (1) Two members of the house of representatives, each from a | 25 |
| different political party, appointed by the speaker of the house | 26 |
| of representatives; | 27 |
| (2) Two members of the senate, each from a different | 28 |
| political party, appointed by the president of the senate; | 29 |
| (3) The superintendent of public instruction or the | 30 |
| superintendent's designee; | 31 |
| (4) One representative of the governor's office appointed by | 32 |
| the governor; | 33 |
| (5) One representative of business, appointed by the governor | 34 |
| from among recommendations of the Ohio chamber of commerce; | 35 |
| (6) One representative of the Ohio education association, | 36 |
| appointed by the governor from among recommendations of the | 37 |
| association; | 38 |
| (7) One representative of the Ohio federation of teachers, | 39 |
| appointed by the governor from among recommendations of the | 40 |
| federation; | 41 |
| (8) Two classroom teachers, appointed by the governor; | 42 |
| (9) Two parents of children enrolled in the public schools | 43 |
| of this state, appointed by the governor. | 44 |
| The speaker of the house of representatives, the president of | 45 |
| the senate, and the governor shall make their appointments not | 46 |
| later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. | 47 |
| The members appointed under divisions (B)(1), (2), and (4) to | 48 |
| (9) of this section shall serve at the pleasure of their | 49 |
| appointing authorities. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled | 50 |
| in the manner of the initial appointments. | 51 |
| The members of the committee shall serve without | 52 |
| compensation, but the members appointed under divisions (B)(5) to | 53 |
| (9) of this section shall be paid by the department of education | 54 |
| their necessary and actual expenses incurred while engaged in the | 55 |
| business of the committee. | 56 |
| The first meeting of the committee shall be convened by the | 57 |
| governor's representative appointed under division (B)(4) of this | 58 |
| section. At the first meeting, the chairperson of the committee | 59 |
| shall be selected by and from among the members of the committee. | 60 |
| Thereafter, the committee shall convene at the discretion of the | 61 |
| chairperson. | 62 |
| (C) The department of education shall provide staff to assist | 63 |
| the committee in carrying out the committee's duties under this | 64 |
| section. | 65 |
| (D) The committee created under this section shall cease to | 66 |
| exist upon submission of the report required by division (A) of | 67 |
| this section. | 68 |