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Am. H. B. No. 181 As Reported by the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions CommitteeAs Reported by the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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REPRESENTATIVES Buehrer, Carey, Calvert, Clancy, Core, Evans, Faber, Gilb, Goodman, Grendell, Hoops, Hughes, Husted, Metzger, Peterson, Raga, Schmidt, Trakas, Webster, Widowfield, Womer Benjamin, Jones, Allen, Barrett, Fedor, Flannery, Jerse, Metelsky, D. Miller, Oakar, Wilson, Hagan, Willamowski, Coates, Olman, Flowers, Schuring, Jolivette, Callender, Collier, Niehaus, Boccieri, Kilbane, DeWine, Perry, Hartnett, Hollister, Cates, Ogg, Setzer, Carano, Sferra, Lendrum, Williams, Young, Reinhard, Salerno, Manning, G. Smith, Redfern, Roman, Seitz, Kearns, Latta, Otterman, Krupinski, Key, Woodard, Britton, Carmichael
SENATORS Spada, White, Robert Gardner, Fingerhut, Hagan
A BILL
| To amend Section 4.18 of Am. Sub. H.B. 282 of the | 1 |
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123rd General Assembly, as subsequently amended, | 2 |
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to make an appropriation for the 12th grade | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That Section 4.18 of Am. Sub. H.B. 282 of the | 5 |
123rd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 640 and Sub. | 6 |
S.B. 237 of the 123rd General Assembly, be amended to read as | 7 |
follows: | 8 |
" Sec. 4.18. OHIOREADS GRANTS | 9 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-566, OhioReads | 10 |
Grants, $20,000,000
each
year shall be disbursed by the OhioReads | 11 |
Office in the Department of Education
at the direction of the | 12 |
OhioReads Council, to provide classroom grants to
public schools | 13 |
in city, local, and exempted village school districts;
community | 14 |
schools; and educational service centers serving kindergarten | 15 |
through fourth
grade students. | 16 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-566, OhioReads | 17 |
Grants, $5,000,000 each
year shall be disbursed by the OhioReads | 18 |
Office in the Department of Education
at the direction of the | 19 |
OhioReads Council, to provide community matching
grants
to | 20 |
community organizations and associations, libraries, and others | 21 |
for
tutoring, tutor recruitment and training, and parental | 22 |
involvement. | 23 |
Grants awarded by the OhioReads Council are intended to | 24 |
improve reading
outcomes, especially on the fourth grade reading | 25 |
proficiency test. | 26 |
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVE GRANTS | 27 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-570, School | 28 |
Improvement Incentive
Grants, $2,000,000 in each fiscal year shall | 29 |
be used to provide grants of
$25,000
per building for improvements | 30 |
in reading performance based on selection
criteria developed by | 31 |
the OhioReads Council. | 32 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-570,
School | 33 |
Improvement Incentive Grants, $6,500,000 in each fiscal year shall | 34 |
be used to provide grants of $25,000
each to elementary schools | 35 |
and $50,000 each to middle schools, junior high
schools, and high | 36 |
schools that demonstrate significant improvement on
proficiency | 37 |
tests, attendance rates, and graduation rates based on standards | 38 |
developed by the Department of Education. | 39 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-570, School | 40 |
Improvement Incentive
Grants, $500,000 in each fiscal year shall | 41 |
be used to provide grants of
$50,000
each to educational service | 42 |
centers and joint vocational school districts for
exemplary | 43 |
programs or that demonstrate significant improvement on | 44 |
proficiency
tests, attendance rates, and graduation rates based on | 45 |
standards developed by the Department of Education. | 46 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-570, School | 47 |
Improvement Incentive
Grants, $1,000,000 in each fiscal year shall | 48 |
be used to provide grants of
up to $50,000
each to educational | 49 |
best practices award winners
selected for superior performance by | 50 |
BEST, Building
Excellent
Schools for Today and the 21st Century. | 51 |
Any grants awarded from the foregoing appropriation item | 52 |
200-570,
School Improvement Incentive Grants, shall
be awarded to | 53 |
individual school buildings, educational service centers, or
joint | 54 |
vocational school districts, as appropriate. Grant awards shall | 55 |
be
expended for staff development, classroom equipment, materials, | 56 |
and/or books.
The principal or administrator of each grantee | 57 |
shall decide how best to use
the grant award, with input from | 58 |
staff members. | 59 |
TEACHER INCENTIVE GRANTS | 60 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-572, Teacher Incentive | 61 |
Grants, shall be
used by the Department of Education to pay | 62 |
one-time stipends to qualified
teachers of reading, mathematics, | 63 |
and science. To be eligible, teacher
applicants must hold a valid | 64 |
teaching certificate; be employed by a city,
local, exempted | 65 |
village, or joint vocational school district or by a chartered | 66 |
nonpublic school; and be certified by the district or the | 67 |
nonpublic school as
necessary to meet an existing need for | 68 |
teachers with a
reading, mathematics, or science credential. | 69 |
Individuals with an elementary school teaching certificate | 70 |
that successfully
complete a program for a reading endorsement, | 71 |
and who successfully complete
the examination prescribed by the | 72 |
State Board of Education, shall be paid a
stipend of $1,000. | 73 |
Individuals with an elementary or high school teaching
certificate | 74 |
that
successfully complete a program required to add mathematics | 75 |
or science to that
certificate, and who successfully complete the | 76 |
mathematics or science
examination prescribed by the State Board | 77 |
of Education, shall be paid a
stipend of $1,500. The variance in | 78 |
stipend amounts reflects the variance in
requirements to secure | 79 |
the different credentials. | 80 |
To qualify for stipends, individuals must successfully | 81 |
complete all
necessary coursework as prescribed by the State Board | 82 |
of
Education by June 30, 2001, and must successfully complete
all | 83 |
required practical experience by October 30, 2001. | 84 |
At the request of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, | 85 |
the Director of Budget and
Management may transfer any unexpended | 86 |
and unencumbered balances in
this appropriation item as of June | 87 |
30, 2000, to fiscal year 2001.
The amount so transferred is | 88 |
hereby appropriated. | 89 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-573, Character | 91 |
Education,
up to $50,000 in each fiscal year shall be used to | 92 |
develop, produce, or
otherwise obtain a distance learning program, | 93 |
a video presentation, or
other method of offering instruction in | 94 |
character education to
multiple school districts. The program, | 95 |
presentation, or other
method of instruction shall be made | 96 |
available to all school
districts. | 97 |
The remainder of appropriation item 200-573, Character | 98 |
Education, shall be
used
by the Department of Education to provide | 99 |
matching grants of up to $50,000
each to school districts to | 100 |
develop pilot character education programs. | 101 |
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION | 102 |
Of the foregoing appropriation item 200-574, Substance Abuse | 103 |
Prevention, up to
$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 and up to | 104 |
$2,120,000 in fiscal year 2001 shall
be used for the Safe and Drug | 105 |
Free Schools Coordinators Program. Of the
foregoing
appropriation | 106 |
item 200-574, Substance Abuse Prevention, up to $300,000 in each | 107 |
fiscal year of the biennium shall be used for the Substance Abuse | 108 |
Prevention
Student Assistance Program. The Department of | 109 |
Education and the Department of
Alcohol and Drug Addiction | 110 |
Services shall jointly develop and approve a plan
for the | 111 |
expenditure of these funds including, but not limited to, the | 112 |
development of position descriptions and training specifications | 113 |
for safe and
drug free
schools coordinators. Safe and drug free | 114 |
schools coordinators shall possess
or be in the process of | 115 |
obtaining credentials
issued by the Ohio Credentialing Board for | 116 |
Chemical Dependency Professionals
or other credentials recognized | 117 |
by that board. | 118 |
12TH GRADE PROFICIENCY STIPEND | 119 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-575, 12th Grade | 120 |
Proficiency Stipend,
shall be used to fund a $500 scholarship to | 121 |
each student who meets the
requirements of section 3365.15 of the | 122 |
Revised Code.
At the request of the Superintendent of Public | 123 |
Instruction, the Director of Budget and Management shall, subject | 124 |
to the approval of the Controlling Board, transfer to | 125 |
appropriation item 200-575, 12th Grade Proficiency Stipend, | 126 |
obligated, but unexpended, fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and | 127 |
2001
general revenue fund appropriations made to the Department of | 128 |
Education, not to exceed $17,500,000. The transferred funds shall | 129 |
be used for scholarships for students who meet the requirements of | 130 |
section 3365.15 of the Revised Code during fiscal year 2001. | 131 |
Within thirty days of
After the effective date of this | 132 |
section
amendment, the Director of
Budget and Management shall | 133 |
transfer the appropriation for this program to the
Ohio Board of | 134 |
Regents for its administration. | 135 |
RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | 136 |
The foregoing appropriation item 200-580, River Valley School | 137 |
Environmental
Issues, shall be used to assist with costs arising | 138 |
from environmental
assessment and clean-up of potential | 139 |
environmental contamination of school
facilities of the River | 140 |
Valley Local School District. | 141 |
AUXILIARY SERVICES MOBILE REPAIR | 142 |
Notwithstanding section 3317.064 of the Revised Code, if the | 143 |
unobligated cash balance is sufficient, the Treasurer of
State | 144 |
shall transfer $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2000 within thirty
days | 145 |
of the effective date of this section and $1,500,000 in fiscal | 146 |
year 2001 by August 1, 2000, from the Auxiliary Services
Personnel | 147 |
Unemployment Compensation Fund to the Department of
Education's | 148 |
Auxiliary Services Mobile Repair Fund (Fund 598). | 149 |
Within 30 days after the effective date of this section, the | 150 |
Superintendent of
Public Instruction shall certify to the Director | 151 |
of Budget and Management the
amount of cash to be transferred from | 152 |
the Miscellaneous Revenue Fund, Fund
452, to the Educational | 153 |
Grants Fund, Fund 620. | 154 |
COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH AND AIDS EDUCATION | 155 |
The Department of Education shall not commit or spend any | 156 |
moneys from
appropriation item 200-625, Coordinated School Health, | 157 |
or appropriation item
200-668, AIDS Education, for activities in | 158 |
preparation for or during
the
1999-2000 school year or for the | 159 |
2000-2001 school year until the General
Assembly has approved | 160 |
program plans for these purposes through the adoption of
a | 161 |
concurrent resolution. Before the House of Representatives or the | 162 |
Senate
votes on a concurrent resolution approving program plans, | 163 |
its standing
committee having principal jurisdiction over primary | 164 |
and secondary education
legislation shall conduct at least one | 165 |
public hearing on the program plans.
Tobacco use prevention | 166 |
programs and dental health programs are exempt from
these | 167 |
requirements." | 168 |
Section 2. That existing Section 4.18 of Am. Sub. H.B. 282 of | 169 |
the 123rd General Assembly, as amended by Am. Sub. H.B. 640 and | 170 |
Sub. S.B. 237 of the 123rd General Assembly, is hereby repealed. | 171 |
Section 3. Section 4.18 of Am. Sub. H.B. 282 of the 123rd | 172 |
General Assembly is presented in
this act as a
composite of the | 173 |
section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 640 and
Sub. S.B. 237 of | 174 |
the 123rd General Assembly. The General
Assembly, applying the | 175 |
principle stated in division (B) of section
1.52 of the Revised | 176 |
Code that amendments are to be harmonized if
reasonably capable of | 177 |
simultaneous operation, finds that the
composite is the resulting | 178 |
version of the section in effect prior
to the effective date of | 179 |
the section as presented in this act. | 180 |
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