130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by the Senate Education Committee

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
Sub. H. B. No. 269

REPRESENTATIVES WISE-BATCHELDER-HOTTINGER-TAYLOR-CORBIN-TIBERI- KASPUTIS-CATES-
SENATORS KEARNS-J. JOHNSON-SCHAFRATH


A BILL
To amend sections 102.02, 3313.02, 3313.04, 3313.11, 3313.70, 3315.15, and 3329.08 and to enact sections 3311.71 to 3311.77 of the Revised Code to authorize the mayor of a municipal corporation to appoint a nine-member school board in a municipal school district operating under a federal court order and to permit the voters to decide four or more years later whether or not to continue that method of selecting school board members or to return to an elected board.

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


Section 1. That sections 102.02, 3313.02, 3313.04, 3313.11, 3313.70, 3315.15, and 3329.08 be amended and sections 3311.71, 3311.72, 3311.73, 3311.74, 3311.75, 3311.76, and 3311.77 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 102.02. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (H) of this section, every person who is elected to or is a candidate for a state, county, or city office, or the office of member of the United States congress, and every person who is appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office; all members of the state board of education; the director, assistant directors, deputy directors, division chiefs, or persons of equivalent rank of any administrative department of the state; the president or other chief administrative officer of every state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; the chief executive officer of each state retirement system; all members of the board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court and the ethics commission created under section 102.05 of the Revised Code; every business manager, treasurer, or superintendent of a city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or an educational service center; every person who is elected to or is a candidate for the office of member of a board of education of a city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school district or of a governing board of an educational service center that has an average daily membership of twelve thousand or more as most recently certified to the state board of education pursuant to division (A) of section 3317.03 of the Revised Code; EVERY PERSON WHO IS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code; every public official or employee who is paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code; and every other public official or employee who is designated by the appropriate ethics commission pursuant to division (B) of this section shall file with the appropriate ethics commission on a form prescribed by the commission, a statement disclosing:

(1) The name of the person filing the statement and each member of the person's immediate family and all names under which the person or members of the person's immediate family does business;

(2)(a) Subject to divisions (A)(2)(b), and (c) of this section and except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, identification of every source of income, other than income from a legislative agent identified in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, received during the preceding calendar year, in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. If the person filing the statement is a member of the general assembly, the statement shall identify the amount of every source of income received in accordance with the following ranges of amounts: zero or more but less than one thousand dollars; one thousand dollars or more but less than ten thousand dollars; ten thousand dollars or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars; twenty-five thousand dollars or more but less than fifty thousand dollars; fifty thousand dollars or more but less than one hundred thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars or more. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall not be construed to require a person filing the statement who derives income from a business or profession to disclose the individual items of income that constitute the gross income of that business or profession, except for those individual items of income that are attributable to the person's or, if the income is shared with the person, the partner's, solicitation of services or goods or performance, arrangement, or facilitation of services or provision of goods on behalf of the business or profession of clients, including corporate clients, who are legislative agents as defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. A person who files the statement under this section shall disclose the identity of and the amount of income received from a person whom the public official or employee knows or has reason to know is doing or seeking to do business of any kind with the public official's or employee's agency.

(b) If the person filing the statement is a member of the general assembly, the statement shall identify every source of income and the amount of that income that was received from a legislative agent, as defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code, during the preceding calendar year, in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires the disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code if those clients or patients are legislative agents. Division (A)(2)(b) of this section requires a person filing the statement who derives income from a business or profession to disclose those individual items of income that constitute the gross income of that business or profession that are received from legislative agents.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2)(c) of this section, division (A)(2)(a) of this section applies to attorneys, physicians, and other persons who engage in the practice of a profession and who, pursuant to a section of the Revised Code, the common law of this state, a code of ethics applicable to the profession, or otherwise, generally are required not to reveal, disclose, or use confidences of clients, patients, or other recipients of professional services except under specified circumstances or generally are required to maintain those types of confidences as privileged communications except under specified circumstances. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose the name, other identity, or address of a client, patient, or other recipient of professional services if the disclosure would threaten the client, patient, or other recipient of professional services, would reveal details of the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional advice or other services were sought, or would reveal an otherwise privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of professional services. Division (A)(2)(a) of this section does not require an attorney, physician, or other professional subject to a confidentiality requirement as described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section to disclose in the brief description of the nature of services required by division (A)(2)(a) of this section any information pertaining to specific professional services rendered for a client, patient, or other recipient of professional services that would reveal details of the subject matter for which legal, medical, or professional advice was sought or would reveal an otherwise privileged communication involving the client, patient, or other recipient of professional services.

(3) The name of every corporation on file with the secretary of state that is incorporated in Ohio or holds a certificate of compliance authorizing it to do business in this state, trust, business trust, partnership, or association that transacts business in Ohio in which the person filing the statement or any other person for the person's use and benefit had during the preceding calendar year an investment of over one thousand dollars at fair market value as of the thirty-first day of December of the preceding calendar year, or the date of disposition, whichever is earlier, or in which the person holds any office or has a fiduciary relationship, and a description of the nature of the investment, office, or relationship. This division does not require disclosure of the name of any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or building and loan association with which the person filing the statement has a deposit or a withdrawable share account.

(4) All fee simple and leasehold interests to which the person filing the statement holds legal title to or a beneficial interest in real property located within the state, excluding the person's residence and property used primarily for personal recreation;

(5) The names of all persons residing or transacting business in the state to whom the person filing the statement owes, in the person's own name or in the name of any other person, more than one thousand dollars. This division shall not be construed to require the disclosure of debts owed by the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession or debts on the person's residence or real property used primarily for personal recreation, except that the superintendent of financial institutions shall disclose the names of all state-chartered savings and loan associations and of all service corporations subject to regulation under division (E)(2) of section 1151.34 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent in the superintendent's own name or in the name of any other person owes any money, and that the superintendent and any deputy superintendent of banks shall disclose the names of all state-chartered banks and all bank subsidiary corporations subject to regulation under section 1109.44 of the Revised Code to whom the superintendent or deputy superintendent owes any money.

(6) The names of all persons residing or transacting business in the state, other than a depository excluded under division (A)(3) of this section, who owes more than one thousand dollars to the person filing the statement, either in the person's own name or to any person for the person's use or benefit. This division shall not be construed to require the disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 or 4732.15 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons certified under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, nor the disclosure of debts owed to the person resulting from the ordinary conduct of a business or profession.

(7) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, the source of each gift of over seventy-five dollars, or of each gift of over twenty-five dollars received by a member of the general assembly from a legislative agent, received by the person in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, except gifts received by will or by virtue of section 2105.06 of the Revised Code, or received from spouses, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, or any person to whom the person filing the statement stands in loco parentis, or received by way of distribution from any inter vivos or testamentary trust established by a spouse or by an ancestor;

(8) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, identification of the source and amount of every payment of expenses incurred for travel to destinations inside or outside this state that is received by the person in the person's own name or by any other person for the person's use or benefit and that is incurred in connection with the person's official duties except for expenses for travel to meetings or conventions of a national or state organization to which either house of the general assembly, any legislative agency, a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.031 of the Revised Code, any other state agency, or any political subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision pays membership dues.;

(9) Except as otherwise provided in section 102.022 of the Revised Code, identification of the source of payment of expenses for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided at a meeting at which the person participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a meeting or convention of a national or state organization to which either house of the general assembly, any legislative agency, a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.031 of the Revised Code, any other state agency, or any political subdivision or any office or agency of a political subdivision pays membership dues, that are incurred in connection with the person's official duties and that exceed one hundred dollars aggregated per calendar year;

(10) If the financial disclosure statement is filed by a public official or employee described in division (B)(2) of section 101.73 of the Revised Code or division (B)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised Code who receives a statement from a legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer that contains the information described in division (F)(2) of section 101.73 of the Revised Code or division (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised Code, all of the nondisputed information contained in the statement delivered to that public official or employee by the legislative agent, executive agency lobbyist, or employer under division (F)(2) of section 101.73 or (G)(2) of section 121.63 of the Revised Code. As used in division (A)(10) of this section, "legislative agent," "executive agency lobbyist," and "employer" have the same meanings as in sections 101.70 and 121.60 of the Revised Code.

A person may file a statement required by this section in person or by mail. A person who is a candidate for elective office shall file the statement no later than the thirtieth day before the primary, special, or general election at which such candidacy is to be voted on, whichever election occurs sooner, except a person who is a write-in candidate shall file the statement no later than the twentieth day before the earliest election at which the person's candidacy is to be voted on. A person who holds elective office shall file the statement on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year, unless the person is a candidate for office. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in an elective office shall file the statement within fifteen days after the person qualifies for office. Other persons shall file an annual statement on or before the fifteenth day of April or, if appointed or employed after that date, within ninety days after appointment or employment. No person shall be required to file with the appropriate ethics commission more than one statement or pay more than one filing fee for any one calendar year.

The appropriate ethics commission, for good cause, may extend for a reasonable time the deadline for filing a disclosure statement under this section.

A statement filed under this section is subject to public inspection at locations designated by the appropriate ethics commission except as otherwise provided in this section.

(B) The Ohio ethics commission, the joint legislative ethics committee, and the board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court, using the rule-making procedures of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may require any class of public officials or employees under its jurisdiction and not specifically excluded by this section whose positions involve a substantial and material exercise of administrative discretion in the formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds, enforcement of laws and rules of the state or a county or city, or the execution of other public trusts, to file an annual statement on or before the fifteenth day of April under division (A) of this section. The appropriate ethics commission shall send the public officials or employees written notice of the requirement by the fifteenth day of February of each year the filing is required, unless the public official or employee is appointed after that date, in which case the notice shall be sent within thirty days after appointment, and the filing shall be made not later than ninety days after appointment.

Disclosure statements filed under this division with the Ohio ethics commission by members of boards, commissions, or bureaus of the state for which no compensation is received other than reasonable and necessary expenses shall be kept confidential. Disclosure statements filed with the Ohio ethics commission under division (A) of this section by business managers, treasurers, and superintendents of city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative education school districts or educational service centers shall be kept confidential, except that any person conducting an audit of any such school district pursuant to section 115.56 or Chapter 117. of the Revised Code may examine the disclosure statement of any business manager, treasurer, or superintendent of that school district or educational service center. The Ohio ethics commission shall examine each disclosure statement required to be kept confidential to determine whether a potential conflict of interest exists for the person who filed the disclosure statement. A potential conflict of interest exists if the private interests of the person, as indicated by the person's disclosure statement, might interfere with the public interests the person is required to serve in the exercise of the person's authority and duties in the person's office or position of employment. If the commission determines that a potential conflict of interest exists, it shall notify the person who filed the disclosure statement and shall make the portions of the disclosure statement that indicate a potential conflict of interest subject to public inspection in the same manner as is provided for other disclosure statements. Any portion of the disclosure statement that the commission determines does not indicate a potential conflict of interest shall be kept confidential by the commission and shall not be made subject to public inspection, except as is necessary for the enforcement of Chapters 102. and 2921. of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.

(C) No person shall knowingly fail to file, on or before the applicable filing deadline under this section, a statement that is required by this section.

(D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that is required to be filed under this section.

(E)(1) Except as provided in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section, on and after March 2, 1994, the statement required by division (A) or (B) of this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty-five dollars.

(2) The statement required by division (A) of this section shall be accompanied by a filing fee to be paid by the person who is elected or appointed to or is a candidate for any of the following offices:
For state office, except member of
state board of education$50
For office of member of United States 
congress or member of general assembly$25
For county office$25
For office of member of state board 
of education$10
For office of member of city, local, 
exempted village, or cooperative 
education board of 
education or educational service 
center governing board$ 5
For position of business manager, 
treasurer, or superintendent of 
city, local, exempted village, joint 
vocational, or cooperative education 
school district or 
educational service center$ 5

(3) No judge of a court of record or candidate for judge of such a court, and no referee or magistrate serving a court of record, shall be required to pay the fee required under division (E)(1) or (2), or (F) of this section.

(4) For any public official who is appointed to a nonelective office of the state and for any employee who holds a nonelective position in a public agency of the state, the state agency that is the primary employer of the state official or employee shall pay the fee required under division (E)(1) or (F) of this section.

(F) If a statement required to be filed under this section is not filed by the date on which it is required to be filed, the appropriate ethics commission shall assess the person required to file the statement a late filing fee equal to one-half of the applicable filing fee for each day the statement is not filed, except that the total amount of the late filing fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars.

(G)(1) The appropriate ethics commission other than the Ohio ethics commission shall deposit all fees it receives under divisions (E) and (F) of this section into the general revenue fund of the state.

(2) The Ohio ethics commission shall deposit all fees it receives under divisions (E) and (F) of this section and all moneys it receives from settlements under division (G) of section 102.06 of the Revised Code into the Ohio ethics commission fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All moneys credited to the fund shall be used solely for expenses related to the operation of the commission.

(H) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a person elected or appointed to the office of precinct, ward, or district committee member under Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code; a presidential elector; a delegate to a national convention; village or township officials and employees; any physician or psychiatrist who is paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule C of section 124.15 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code and whose primary duties do not require the exercise of administrative discretion; or any member of a board, commission, or bureau of any county or city who receives less than one thousand dollars per year for serving in that position.

Sec. 3311.71. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION AND IN SECTIONS 3311.72 TO 3311.77 OF THE REVISED CODE:

(1) "MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT" MEANS A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS OR HAS EVER BEEN UNDER A FEDERAL COURT ORDER REQUIRING SUPERVISION AND OPERATIONAL, FISCAL, AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

(2) "MAYOR" MEANS THE MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TERRITORY.

(B) WHENEVER ANY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RELEASED BY A FEDERAL COURT FROM AN ORDER REQUIRING SUPERVISION AND OPERATIONAL, FISCAL, AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THAT DISTRICT SHALL BE ASSUMED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, BY A NEW NINE-MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION. MEMBERS OF THE NEW BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, WHO SHALL ALSO DESIGNATE ONE MEMBER AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON THE CHAIRPERSON BY SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 of the Revised Code, THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON THE PRESIDENT OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION BY THE REVISED CODE THAT ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 of the Revised Code.

(C) NO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION UNTIL THE MAYOR HAS RECEIVED A SLATE OF AT LEAST EIGHTEEN CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOMINATING PANEL, AT LEAST THREE OF WHOM RESIDE IN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT NOT IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S TERRITORY. THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOMINATING PANEL SHALL BE INITIALLY CONVENED AND CHAIRED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, WHO SHALL SERVE AS A NONVOTING MEMBER FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE PANEL'S EXISTENCE, AND SHALL CONSIST OF ELEVEN PERSONS SELECTED AS FOLLOWS:

(1) THREE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SCHOOLS OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT APPOINTED BY THE DISTRICT PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION, OR SIMILAR ORGANIZATION SELECTED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT;

(2) THREE PERSONS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR;

(3) ONE PERSON APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TERRITORY;

(4) ONE TEACHER APPOINTED BY THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TEACHERS;

(5) ONE PRINCIPAL APPOINTED THROUGH A VOTE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PRINCIPALS, WHICH VOTE SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT;

(6) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY APPOINTED BY AN ORGANIZED COLLECTIVE BUSINESS ENTITY SELECTED BY THE MAYOR;

(7) ONE PRESIDENT OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOCATED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT APPOINTED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOMINATING PANEL SHALL SELECT ONE OF ITS MEMBERS AS ITS CHAIRPERSON COMMENCING TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PANEL, AT WHICH TIME THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL NO LONGER CONVENE OR CHAIR THE PANEL. THEREAFTER, THE PANEL SHALL MEET AS NECESSARY TO MAKE NOMINATIONS AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIRPERSON. ALL MEMBERS OF THE PANEL SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY. VACANCIES ON THE PANEL SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.

(D) NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF THIS SECTION UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY THE NOMINATING PANEL, RESIDES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HOLDS NO ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICE. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, FOUR OF THE NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO SERVE ON THE BOARD PURSUANT TO EITHER DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE DISPLAYED, PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT, SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE IN EITHER THE EDUCATION FIELD, FINANCE, OR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. AT ALL TIMES AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL BE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RESIDES IN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT NOT IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S TERRITORY.

(E) THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF ALL MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION SHALL EXPIRE ON THE NEXT THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE FOLLOWING THE REFERENDUM ELECTION REQUIRED BY SECTION 3311.73 of the Revised Code. THE MAYOR MAY, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL, REMOVE ANY MEMBER APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THAT DIVISION OR DIVISION (F) OF THIS SECTION FOR CAUSE.

(F) IF THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT APPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF AN APPOINTED BOARD AT THE REFERENDUM ELECTION REQUIRED BY SECTION 3311.73 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF A NEW BOARD FROM A SLATE PREPARED BY THE NOMINATING PANEL IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE INITIAL BOARD WAS APPOINTED PURSUANT TO DIVISIONS (B), (C), AND (D) OF THIS SECTION. FIVE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED TO FOUR-YEAR TERMS AND THE OTHER FOUR SHALL BE APPOINTED TO TWO-YEAR TERMS, EACH TERM BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY. THEREAFTER, THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT MEMBERS TO FOUR-YEAR TERMS IN THE SAME MANNER AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISIONS (B), (C), AND (D) OF THIS SECTION. THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SHALL BE ON THE SLATE PREPARED BY THE NOMINATING PANEL FOR THIS PURPOSE SHALL BE AT LEAST TWICE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO WHO RESIDE IN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT NOT IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S TERRITORY.

(G) IN ADDITION TO THE NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, THE BOARDS APPOINTED PURSUANT TO DIVISIONS (B) AND (F) OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING NONVOTING EX OFFICIO MEMBERS:

(1) IF THE MAIN CAMPUS OF A STATE UNIVERSITY SPECIFIED IN SECTION 3345.011 of the Revised Code IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OR THE PRESIDENT'S DESIGNEE;

(2) IF ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS ITS MAIN BRANCH LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT HAS THE LARGEST MAIN BRANCH WITHIN THE DISTRICT, OR THE PRESIDENT'S DESIGNEE.

Sec. 3311.72. THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, OR OTHER ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS EMPLOYED TO PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS PRIMARILY WITHIN ONE SCHOOL BUILDING.

(A) ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BY THE NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE TREASURER, BUSINESS MANAGER, SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT THEIR RESIGNATIONS TO THE BOARD. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "OTHER ADMINISTRATOR" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 3319.02 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING CHAPTER 3319. of the Revised Code:

(1) UNTIL THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BY A BOARD PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code, THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FILL ANY VACANCIES OCCURRING IN THAT POSITION.

(2) AFTER THE BOARD APPOINTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE HAS BEEN IN CONTROL OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THIRTY MONTHS, THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FILL ANY VACANCIES OCCURRING IN THAT POSITION, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE BOARD.

(3) AFTER THE FIRST DATE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BY A BOARD PURSUANT TO DIVISION (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code, THE BOARD SHALL APPOINT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FILL ANY VACANCIES OCCURRING IN THAT POSITION, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR.

(4) AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNDER DIVISION (B)(1), (2), OR (3) OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS ARE AGREEABLE TO THE BOARD AND THE APPOINTEE, EXCEPT THAT EACH SUCH CONTRACT SHALL CONTAIN A PROVISION STATING THAT, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AT A PRIOR TIME:

(a) DURING THE FIRST THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BY THE BOARD PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MAYOR;

(b) BEGINNING THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, WITH THE MAYOR'S CONCURRENCE REQUIRED FOR REMOVAL.

(C) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL APPOINT A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, A CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, A CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AND A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AND ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE DISTRICT AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL ALSO APPOINT OMBUDSPERSONS WHO SHALL ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SEEK TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS RAISED BY PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING DISTRICT SCHOOLS. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL APPOINT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF OMBUDSPERSONS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3319.01 of the Revised Code OR A TREASURER ELECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3313.22 of the Revised Code. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IN SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 of the Revised Code, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SHALL HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHTS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON THE SUPERINTENDENT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TREASURER OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION, RESPECTIVELY, BY THE REVISED CODE THAT ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 of the Revised Code.

(D) NOTWITHSTANDING CHAPTERS 124. AND 3319. of the Revised Code, AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS ARE AGREEABLE TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE APPOINTEE, EXCEPT THAT EACH SUCH CONTRACT SHALL CONTAIN A PROVISION STATING THAT, UNLESS THE APPOINTEE CHOOSES TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AT A PRIOR TIME, THE APPOINTEE WILL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

(E) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL ALSO CONTRACT FOR OR EMPLOY SUCH CONSULTANTS, COUNSEL, OR OTHER OUTSIDE PARTIES AS IN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REASONABLE JUDGMENT SHALL BE NECESSARY TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, OR EVALUATE THE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 3311.74 of the Revised Code AND TO PROPERLY OPERATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS BY THE BOARD.

(F) NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 3301.074 AND CHAPTER 3319. of the Revised Code, NO PERSON APPOINTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HOLD ANY LICENSE, CERTIFICATE, OR PERMIT.

Sec. 3311.73. (A) NO LATER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE FIRST EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR OCCURRING AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AFTER THE DATE IT ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED UNDER THAT DIVISION SHALL NOTIFY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY CONTAINING TERRITORY OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE REFERENDUM ELECTION REQUIRED BY DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION.

(B) AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN THE FIRST EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR OCCURRING AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AFTER THE DATE THE NEW BOARD ASSUMED CONTROL OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE FOLLOWING QUESTION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS RESIDING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT:

"SHALL THE MAYOR OF .....(HERE INSERT THE NAME OF THE APPLICABLE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION)..... CONTINUE TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE .....(HERE INSERT THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT).....?"

THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TERRITORY IS LOCATED SHALL MAKE ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE QUESTION TO THE ELECTORS, AND THE ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED, CANVASSED, AND CERTIFIED IN THE SAME MANNER AS REGULAR ELECTIONS IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS, PROVIDED THAT IN ANY SUCH ELECTION IN WHICH ONLY PART OF THE ELECTORS OF A PRECINCT ARE QUALIFIED TO VOTE, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY ASSIGN VOTERS IN SUCH PART TO AN ADJOINING PRECINCT. SUCH AN ASSIGNMENT MAY BE MADE TO AN ADJOINING PRECINCT IN ANOTHER COUNTY WITH THE CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF SUCH OTHER COUNTY. NOTICE OF THE ELECTION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION STATING THE QUESTION ON WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD. THE BALLOT SHALL BE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE. COSTS OF SUBMITTING THE QUESTION TO THE ELECTORS SHALL BE CHARGED TO THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3501.17 of the Revised Code.

(C) IF A MAJORITY OF ELECTORS VOTING ON THE ISSUE PROPOSED IN DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION APPROVE THE QUESTION, THE MAYOR SHALL APPOINT A NEW BOARD ON THE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FIRST DAY OF JULY PURSUANT TO DIVISION (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE.

(D) IF A MAJORITY OF ELECTORS VOTING ON THE ISSUE PROPOSED IN DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION DISAPPROVE THE QUESTION, A NEW SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE NEXT REGULAR ELECTION OCCURRING IN NOVEMBER OF AN ODD-NUMBERED YEAR. AT SUCH ELECTION, FOUR MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED FOR TERMS OF FOUR YEARS AND THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED FOR TERMS OF TWO YEARS. THEREAFTER, THEIR SUCCESSORS SHALL BE ELECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AND FOR THE SAME TERMS AS MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT APPOINTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL CONTINUE TO SERVE AFTER THE END OF THE TERMS TO WHICH THEY WERE APPOINTED UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE QUALIFIED AND ASSUME OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3313.09 OF THE REVISED CODE.

Sec. 3311.74. (A) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SHALL SET GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL, FINANCIAL, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRESS AND ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS WITH WHICH TO MEASURE THE DISTRICT'S PROGRESS.

(B) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND REGULARLY UPDATE A PLAN TO MEASURE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AT EACH SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WHERE MEASUREMENTS DEMONSTRATE THAT STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR SCHOOLS ARE NOT ACHIEVING, OR ARE NOT IMPROVING THEIR ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS AT AN ACCEPTABLE RATE, THE PLAN SHALL CONTAIN PROVISIONS REQUIRING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE BOARD, TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION WITHIN THOSE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING REALLOCATION OF ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES, REASSIGNMENT OF STAFF, REDESIGN OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM, AND DEPLOYING ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS.

(C) ANNUALLY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES RESULTS OF ACHIEVEMENT MEASUREMENTS MADE UNDER DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND DELINEATES THE NATURE OF ANY REFORMS AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO ANY FAILURE TO ACHIEVE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OR RATE. THE REPORT SHALL ALSO CONTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OR EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT, SHALL LIST THE SOURCE OF ALL DISTRICT REVENUES, AND SHALL CONTAIN A DESCRIPTION OF ALL DISTRICT EXPENDITURES DURING THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.

(D) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SHALL IMPLEMENT A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO KEEP THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF THE DISTRICT'S STUDENTS INFORMED OF THE CHANGES BEING IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE CAMPAIGN MAY INCLUDE SUCH METHODS AS COMMUNITY FORUMS, LETTERS, AND BROCHURES. IT SHALL INCLUDE ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION TO ALL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF AN INFORMATION CARD SPECIFYING THE NAMES AND BUSINESS ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE OMBUDSPERSONS APPOINTED UNDER SECTION 3311.72 OF THE REVISED CODE AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION WHO MAY SERVE AS INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

Sec. 3311.75. (A) A BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN THE FUNDS OR PROPERTY OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. THE BUDGETS OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE ESTIMATED, PLANNED, AND FINANCED SEPARATELY. AT NO TIME SHALL ANY FUNDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BE COMMINGLED IN ANY MANNER AND ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND ACCOUNTED FOR TOTALLY INDEPENDENTLY OF ANY FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

(B) THE BOARD OF A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ADOPT AND FOLLOW PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARD OF ALL CONTRACTS FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE IN ANY ONE FISCAL YEAR AFTER A COMPETITIVE BID OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS. THIS DIVISION IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO SECTION 3313.46 OF THE REVISED CODE. THIS DIVISION DOES NOT APPLY TO CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT OR TO CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; TO CONTRACTS FOR THE SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY; IN CASES OF URGENT NECESSITY AS DETERMINED BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE BOARD; OR IN ANY OF THE SITUATIONS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 3313.46 OF THE REVISED CODE TO WHICH THE BID PROCESS OF DIVISION (A) OF THAT SECTION DOES NOT APPLY.

Sec. 3311.76. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING CHAPTERS 3302. AND 3317. of the Revised Code, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MAY EXEMPT A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ANY RULES ADOPTED UNDER TITLE XXXIII of the Revised Code EXCEPT FOR ANY RULE ADOPTED UNDER CHAPTER 3307. OR 3309., SECTIONS 3319.07 TO 3319.21, OR CHAPTER 3323. of the Revised Code, AND MAY AUTHORIZE A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO APPLY FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE DISTRICT UNDER CHAPTER 3317. of the Revised Code, EXCEPT THOSE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO PURPOSES OTHER THAN CURRENT EXPENSES, TO THE PAYMENT OF DEBT CHARGES ON THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC OBLIGATIONS. THE REQUEST MUST SPECIFY THE PROVISIONS FROM WHICH THE DISTRICT IS SEEKING EXEMPTION OR THE APPLICATION REQUESTED AND THE REASONS FOR THE REQUEST. THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL APPROVE THE REQUEST IF THE SUPERINTENDENT FINDS THE REQUESTED EXEMPTION OR APPLICATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT'S STUDENTS. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE REQUEST WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AND SHALL NOTIFY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF APPROVAL OR REASONS FOR DISAPPROVING THE REQUEST.

(B) IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS BOARD OF EDUCATION IN SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 of the Revised Code, A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS BOARD SHALL HAVE ALL OF THE RIGHTS, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS BOARD BY LAW THAT ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3311.77. (A) WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE INITIAL CONVENING OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOMINATING PANEL AS REQUIRED BY DIVISION (C) OF SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE, THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT SCHOOL GOVERNANCE PLAN FOR ANY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 OF THE REVISED CODE. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF ITS APPOINTMENT, AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COMMITTEE, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPOINTED UNDER SECTION 3311.71 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE PRESIDENT AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND THE CHAIRPERSONS AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAVING PRIMARY JURISDICTION OVER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION LEGISLATION. THE REPORT SHALL ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL, ACADEMIC, COMMUNITY, AND OTHER ISSUES INVOLVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT SCHOOL GOVERNANCE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE GOALS AND ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ESTABLISHED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3311.74 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND HOW THE DISTRICT MEASURES ON EACH OF THOSE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SHALL TESTIFY BEFORE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF EITHER HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT IF SO REQUESTED TO DO SO BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF EITHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

(B) MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, WHO SHALL ALSO DESIGNATE ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AS THE CHAIRPERSON. THE MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO FOUR-YEAR TERMS, EACH TERM BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3311.72 OF THE REVISED CODE, SHALL SERVE AS A NONVOTING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDES IN AND IS A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD ATTENDING A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. AN INDIVIDUAL CAN BE APPOINTED TO SERVE MULTIPLE TERMS.

(C) MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CAUSE.

(D) THE COMMITTEE SHALL END AT SUCH TIME AS THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENT GOVERNANCE PLAN, AS REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 3311.71 TO 3311.76 OF THE REVISED CODE, IS DISCONTINUED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BY ANY MEANS OF LAW OR COURT ORDER.

Sec. 3313.02. Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section and sections 3313.03 to 3313.09 of the Revised Code do not apply to a joint vocational or cooperative education school district. THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WHOSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code.

In city school districts containing, according to the last federal census, a population of less than fifty thousand persons, the board of education shall consist of not less than three nor more than five members elected at large by the qualified electors of such district.

In city school districts containing, according to the last federal census, a population of fifty thousand or more, but less than one hundred fifty thousand persons, the board shall consist of not less than two nor more than seven members elected at large and not more than two members elected from subdistricts by the qualified electors of their respective subdistricts.

In city school districts containing, according to the last federal census, a population of one hundred fifty thousand persons or more, the board shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven members elected at large by the qualified electors of such district.

Sec. 3313.04. If THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS 3313.05 TO 3313.08 of the Revised Code DO NOT APPLY TO ANY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT UNTIL AFTER THE REFERENDUM REQUIRED IN SUCH DISTRICT BY SECTION 3311.73 of the Revised Code.

IF, at any time, a petition signed by ten per cent of the electors in any city district is filed with the treasurer of the board of education of such district asking that the question, "what shall be the number of members and what shall be the organization of the board of education of such district," be submitted to the electors thereof, such board of education shall within thirty days after the filing of such petition provide by resolution for submitting such question to the electors of such district. Such question shall not be submitted to a referendum vote more than once in any period of four years and the percentage of electors required to sign such petition shall be based upon the total vote cast at the most recent regular municipal election.

Said resolution shall require that such question be submitted at the next regular municipal election and shall also provide for the appointment of a commission to frame two or more plans of organization for submission. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the commission shall consist of seven members, three of whom shall be appointed by the president of the board of education of such district, two by the mayor of the city in which such district is located, and two by the president of the board of sinking fund trustees of such city. If a city does not have a board of sinking fund trustees, the city treasurer or the officer who exercises the functions of a treasurer shall appoint two members.

When a school district has territory in more than one city, the commission shall consist of three members appointed by the president of the board of education, one member appointed by the mayor of each city in which the district has territory, and one member appointed by the president of the board of sinking fund trustees of each such city. If any city does not have a board of sinking fund trustees, that city's treasurer or the officer who exercises the functions of a treasurer shall appoint one member.

A certified copy of said resolution shall immediately after its passage be transmitted to the mayor and president of the board of sinking fund trustees of the city or cities in which the district has territory, and such commission shall be appointed and shall organize within sixty days after the passage of said resolution.

Sec. 3313.11. Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code, this section does not apply to any joint vocational or cooperative education school district.

A vacancy in any board of education may be caused by death, nonresidence, resignation, removal from office, failure of a person elected or appointed to qualify within ten days after the organization of the board or of his appointment or election, removal from the district, or absence from meetings of the board for a period of ninety days, if such absence is caused by reasons declared insufficient by a two-thirds vote of the remaining members of the board, which vote must be taken and entered upon the records of the board not less than thirty days after such absence. Any

IF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE SELECTED BY APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE APPOINTMENT SHALL FILL ANY SUCH VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM FROM A SLATE OF AT LEAST THREE PERSONS PROPOSED BY THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOMINATING PANEL ESTABLISHED UNDER THAT SECTION. IF THE MEMBER CREATING THE VACANCY RESIDES IN A MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT NOT IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S TERRITORY, THE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDED ON SUCH SLATE SHALL ALSO RESIDE IN THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT NOT IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTAINING THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S TERRITORY.

IF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE SELECTED BY ELECTION, THE BOARD SHALL FILL ANY such vacancy shall be filled by the board at its next regular or special meeting, not earlier than ten days after such vacancy occurs. A majority vote of all the remaining members of the board may fill any such vacancy. Immediately after such a vote, the treasurer of the board of education shall give written notice to the board of elections responsible for conducting elections for that school district that a vacancy has been filled, and the name of the person appointed to fill the vacancy. Each person selected by the board or probate court to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the shorter of the following periods: until the completion of the unexpired term, or until the first day of January immediately following the next regular board of education election taking place more than ninety days after a person is selected by the board or probate court to fill the vacancy. At that election, a special election to fill the vacancy shall be held in accordance with laws controlling regular elections for board of education members, except that no such special election shall be held if the unexpired term ends on or before the first day of January immediately following that regular board of education election. The term of a person chosen at a special election under this section shall begin on the first day of January immediately following the election, and he THE PERSON shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Whenever the need for a special election under this section becomes known, the board of education shall immediately give written notice of this fact to the board of elections responsible for conducting the regular board of education election for that school district.

The term of a board of education member shall not be lengthened by his THE MEMBER'S resignation and subsequent selection by the board or probate court under this section.

Sec. 3313.70. No member of the board of education in any district shall be eligible to the appointment of school physician, school dentist, or school nurse during the period for which he THE MEMBER is elected OR APPOINTED.

Sec. 3315.15. Any city, local, or exempted village board of education may by resolution set aside each year from the general fund a sum not to exceed two dollars for each child enrolled in the district, or twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater. Any educational service center governing board may by resolution set aside each year from the educational service center fund a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. The amount set aside shall be placed in a fund known as the "service fund," which shall be used only in paying the expenses of members of such boards of education and educational service center governing boards actually incurred in the performance of their duties, or in paying the expenses of members-elect MEMBERS-TO-BE of such boards actually incurred in training and orientation to the performance of their duties from the date of election OR APPOINTMENT to the date of administration of the oath of office. Such payments shall be made only in such amount as may be approved by the board on statement of the several members or members-elect MEMBERS-TO-BE furnished at the next succeeding regular meeting of such board. No board shall appropriate or expend a sum greater than sixty thousand dollars in any one school year from such service fund.

Sec. 3329.08. At any regular meeting, the board of education of each local school district, from lists adopted by the educational service center governing board, and the board of education of each city and exempted village school district shall determine by a majority vote of all members elected OR APPOINTED UNDER DIVISION (B) OR (F) OF SECTION 3311.71 of the Revised Code which of such textbooks so filed shall be used in the schools under its control. No textbooks shall be changed, nor any part thereof altered or revised, nor any other textbook substituted therefor, within four years after the date of selection and adoption thereof, as shown by the official records of such boards, except by the consent, at a regular meeting, of four-fifths of all members elected thereto. Books so substituted shall be adopted for the full term of four years.


Section 2. That existing sections 102.02, 3313.02, 3313.04, 3313.11, 3313.70, 3315.15, and 3329.08 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. The Cleveland City School District shall base the goals and accountability standards required by division (A) of section 3311.74 of the Revised Code on the October 1996 working draft "A Commitment to Action: 1996-1997 Strategic Plan and School-Community Covenant."
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