As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
Sub. H. B. No. 107


Representative Baker 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Barborak, Gonzales, Henne, Stebelton 



A BILL
To enact section 122.177 of the Revised Code to 1
authorize the Development Services Agency to award 2
grants to businesses that employ high school 3
students in career exploration internships and to 4
make an appropriation. 5


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

       Section 1.  That section 122.177 of the Revised Code be 6
enacted to read as follows:7

       Sec. 122.177.  (A) As used in this section:8

       (1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for 9
profit, or a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of 10
the Revised Code.11

       (2) "Career exploration internship" means a paid employment 12
relationship between a student intern and a business in which the 13
student intern acquires education, instruction, and experience 14
relevant to the student intern's career aspirations.15

       (3) "Student intern" means an individual who, at the time the 16
business applies for a grant under division (B) of this section, 17
meets all of the following criteria:18

       (a) The individual is entitled to attend school in this 19
state.20

       (b) The individual is either between sixteen and eighteen 21
years of age or is enrolled in grade eleven or twelve.22

       (c) The individual has a cumulative grade point average of at 23
least 2.5 out of 4.0, or its equivalent as designated in the rules 24
adopted by the state board of education.25

       (B) There is hereby created in the development services 26
agency the career exploration internship program to award grants 27
to businesses that employ a student intern in a career exploration 28
internship. To qualify for a grant under the program, the career 29
exploration internship shall be at least twenty weeks in duration 30
and include at least two hundred hours of paid work and 31
instruction. To obtain a grant, the business shall apply to the 32
development services agency before the starting date of the career 33
exploration internship. The application shall include all of the 34
following:35

       (1) A brief description of the career exploration internship;36

       (2) A signed statement by the student intern briefly 37
describing the student intern's career aspirations and how the 38
student intern believes this career exploration internship may 39
help achieve those aspirations;40

       (3) A signed statement by a principal or guidance counselor 41
at the student intern's high school or, in the case of a home 42
schooled student, an individual responsible for administering 43
instruction to the student intern, acknowledging that the 44
employment opportunity qualifies as a career exploration 45
internship;46

       (4) The name, address, and telephone number of the business; 47

       (5) Any other information required by the development 48
services agency.49

       (C)(1) The development services agency shall review and make 50
a determination with respect to each application submitted under 51
division (B) of this section in the order in which the application 52
is received. The agency shall not approve any application under 53
this section that is received by the agency more than three years 54
after the effective date of H.B. 107 of the 130th general 55
assembly. The agency may not otherwise deny an application unless 56
the application is incomplete, the proposed employment 57
relationship does not qualify as a career exploration internship 58
for which a grant may be awarded under this section, the business 59
is ineligible to receive a grant under division (D)(1) of this 60
section, or the agency determines that approving the application 61
would cause the amount that could be awarded to exceed the amount 62
of money in the career exploration internship fund.63

       (2) The agency shall send written notice of its determination 64
to the applicant within thirty days after receiving the 65
application. If the agency determines that the application shall 66
not be approved, the notice shall include the reasons for such 67
determination.68

       (3) The agency's determination is final and may not be 69
appealed for any reason. A business may submit a new or amended 70
application under division (B) of this section at any time before 71
or after receiving notice under division (C)(2) of this section.72

       (D)(1) In any calendar year, the development services agency 73
shall not award grants under this section to any business that has 74
received grants for three career exploration internships in that 75
calendar year. The agency shall not award a grant to a business 76
unless the agency receives a report from the business within 77
thirty days after the end of the career exploration internship or 78
thirteen months after the approval of the application, whichever 79
comes first, that includes all of the following:80

       (a) The date the student intern began the internship;81

       (b) The date the internship ended or a statement that the 82
student will continue to be employed by the business;83

       (c) The total number of hours during the internship that the 84
student intern was employed by the business;85

       (d) The total wages paid by the business to the student 86
intern during the internship;87

       (e) A signed statement by the student intern briefly 88
describing the duties performed during the internship and the 89
skills and experiences gained throughout the internship;90

       (f) Any other information required by the agency.91

       (2) If the agency receives the report and determines that it 92
contains all of the information and the statement required by 93
division (D)(1) of this section and that the career exploration 94
internship described in the report complies with all the 95
provisions of this section, the agency shall award a grant to the 96
business. The amount of the grant shall equal the lesser of the 97
following:98

       (a) Fifty per cent of the wages paid by the business to the 99
student intern for the first twelve months following the date the 100
application was approved;101

       (b) Five thousand dollars.102

       (E) A business that receives a grant under this section may 103
submit a new application under division (B) of this section for 104
another career exploration internship with the same student 105
intern. Such an application does not have to include the 106
statements otherwise required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this 107
section.108

       (F) Annually, before the seventh day of January until the 109
January of the third year that follows the year that includes the 110
effective date of H.B. 107 of the 130th general assembly, the 111
development services agency shall compile a report indicating the 112
number of career exploration internships approved by the agency 113
under this section, the statements issued by the student interns 114
under divisions (B)(2) and (D)(1)(e) of this section, the number 115
of student interns that continued employment with the business 116
after the termination of the career exploration internship, and 117
the total amount of grants awarded under this section. The report 118
shall not disclose any student interns' personally identifiable 119
information. The agency shall provide copies of the report to the 120
governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of 121
representatives, and the president and minority leader of the 122
senate.123

       (G) The development services agency may adopt rules necessary 124
to administer this section in accordance with Chapter 119. of the 125
Revised Code.126

       (H) The career exploration internship fund is hereby created 127
in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of a portion of the 128
proceeds from the upfront license fees paid for the casino 129
facilities authorized under Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio 130
Constitution. Money in the fund shall be used by the development 131
services agency to provide grants under this section.132

       Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated 133
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the 134
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this 135
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2015 and those 136
in the second column are for fiscal year 2016. The appropriations 137
made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made 138
for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium and the FY 2016-FY 2017 biennium.139

Appropriations

DEV DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGENCY
140

State Special Revenue Fund Group141

5NS0 195616 Career Exploration Internship $ 1,000,000 $ 0 142
TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue Fund Group $ 1,000,000 $ 0 143
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $ 1,000,000 $ 0 144

       CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP145

       The foregoing appropriation item 195616, Career Exploration 146
Internship, shall be used for the Career Exploration Internship 147
Program as described in section 122.177 of the Revised Code.148

       Any unexpended and unencumbered portion of the foregoing 149
appropriation item 195616, Career Exploration Internship, at the 150
end of fiscal year 2015 is hereby reappropriated for the same 151
purpose in fiscal year 2016.152

       Section 3. TRANSFER TO CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP FUND153

       On July 1, 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter, the 154
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer $1,000,000 cash 155
from the Economic Development Programs Fund (Fund 5JC0) used by 156
the Board of Regents to the Career Exploration Internship Fund 157
(Fund 5NS0) used by the Development Services Agency. 158

       Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the 159
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts 160
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation 161
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which 162
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. 163

        Expenditures from the FY 2015 appropriation contained in this 164
act shall be accounted for as though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of 165
the 130th General Assembly. The FY 2015 appropriation made in this 166
act is subject to all provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th 167
General Assembly that are generally applicable to such 168
appropriations.169

       Expenditures from the FY 2016 appropriation contained in this 170
act shall be accounted for as though made in the main operating 171
appropriations act of the 131st General Assembly. The FY 2016 172
appropriation made in this act is subject to all provisions of the 173
main operating appropriations act of the 131st General Assembly 174
that are generally applicable to such appropriations.175