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H. B. No. 407As IntroducedAs Introduced
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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REPRESENTATIVES Buehrer, Seitz, White, Otterman, Sullivan, Redfern
A BILL
To amend sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the Revised
Code to require certain driver education courses to
include thirty minutes of instruction relating to
anatomical gifts and anatomical gift procedures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the Revised
Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3301.07. The state board of education shall exercise
under the acts of the general assembly general supervision of the
system of public education in the state. In addition to the
powers otherwise imposed on the state board under the provisions
of law, the board shall have the following powers: (A) Exercise policy forming, planning, and evaluative
functions for the public schools of the state, and for adult
education, except as otherwise provided by law;
(B) Exercise leadership in the improvement of public
education in this state, and administer the educational policies
of this state relating to public schools, and relating to
instruction and instructional material, building and equipment,
transportation of pupils, administrative responsibilities of
school officials and personnel, and finance and organization of
school districts, educational service centers, and territory.
Consultative and advisory services in such matters shall be
provided by the board to school districts and educational service
centers of this state. The board also shall develop a standard of
financial reporting which shall be used by all school districts
and educational service centers to make their financial
information available to the public in a format understandable by
the average citizen and provide year-to-year comparisons for at
least five years. The format shall show, among other things,
district and educational service center revenue by source;
expenditures for salaries, wages, and benefits of employees,
showing such amounts separately for classroom teachers, other
employees required to hold licenses issued pursuant to sections
3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code, and all other employees;
expenditures other than for personnel, by category, including
utilities, textbooks and other educational materials, equipment,
permanent improvements, pupil transportation, extracurricular
athletics, and other extracurricular activities; and per pupil
expenditures.
(C) Administer and supervise the allocation and distribution
of all state and federal funds for public school education under
the provisions of law, and may prescribe such systems of
accounting as are necessary and proper to this function. It may
require county auditors and treasurers, boards of education,
educational service center governing boards, treasurers of such
boards, teachers, and other school officers and employees, or
other public officers or employees, to file with it such reports
as it may prescribe relating to such funds, or to the management
and condition of such funds. (D) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards to be applied
to all elementary and secondary schools in this state for the
purpose of requiring a general education of high quality. Such
standards shall provide adequately for: the licensing of teachers,
administrators,
and other professional personnel and their
assignment according to
training and qualifications; efficient and
effective instructional
materials and equipment, including library
facilities; the proper
organization, administration, and
supervision of each school,
including regulations for preparing
all necessary records and
reports and the preparation of a
statement of policies and
objectives for each school; buildings,
grounds, health and
sanitary facilities and services; admission of
pupils, and such
requirements for their promotion from grade to
grade as will
assure that they are capable and prepared for the
level of study
to which they are certified; requirements for
graduation; and such
other factors as the board finds necessary. In the formulation and administration of such standards for
nonpublic schools the board shall also consider the particular
needs, methods and objectives of those schools, provided they do
not conflict with the provision of a general education of a high
quality and provided that regular procedures shall be followed for
promotion from grade to grade of pupils who have met the
educational requirements prescribed.
(E) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards for driver
education courses conducted at high schools in the state or by
educational service centers or joint vocational school district
boards of education. In the formulation of standards for driver
education courses, the board shall call upon the director of
public safety for advice and assistance. The standards shall
require twenty-four hours of classroom instruction, and eight
hours of actual behind-the-wheel instruction conducted on public
streets and highways of this state, but shall not require any
additional hours of observation within a vehicle. The board shall
require energy conservation information as part of the driver
education curriculum. Such information shall include, but need
not be limited to, the identification of inefficient driving
techniques and improper maintenance as they relate to decreased
gas mileage, information regarding the costs and benefits of
different modes of travel, and information concerning relative
fuel economy and life-cycle costs of new automobile purchases.
The
board also shall require financial responsibility information
as
part of the driver education curriculum.
In addition, the board
shall require that of the twenty-four hours of classroom
instruction prescribed by this division, thirty minutes of that
time be devoted to anatomical gifts and anatomical gift
procedures. The board also may
require as part of the health
and
driver education curricula
curriculum
information developed under
section 2108.15 of the Revised Code
promoting the donation of
anatomical gifts pursuant to Chapter
2108. of the Revised Code and
may provide the information to high
schools, educational service
centers, and joint vocational school
district boards of education. (F) Prepare and submit annually to the governor and the
general assembly a report on the status, needs, and major problems
of the public schools of the state, with recommendations for
necessary legislative action and a ten-year projection of the
state's public and nonpublic school enrollment, by year and by
grade level; (G) Prepare and submit to the director of budget and
management the biennial budgetary requests of the state board of
education, for its agencies and for the public schools of the
state;
(H) Cooperate with federal, state, and local agencies
concerned with the health and welfare of children and youth of the
state;
(I) Require such reports from school districts and
educational service centers, school officers, and employees as are
necessary and desirable. The superintendents and treasurers of
school districts and educational service centers shall certify as
to the accuracy of all reports required by law or state board or
state department of education rules to be submitted by the
district or educational service center and which contain
information necessary for calculation of state funding. Any
superintendent who knowingly falsifies such report shall be
subject to license revocation pursuant to section 3319.31 of the
Revised Code. (J) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code,
adopt procedures, standards, and guidelines for the education of
handicapped children pursuant to Chapter 3323. of the Revised
Code, including procedures, standards, and guidelines governing
programs and services operated by county boards of mental
retardation and developmental disabilities pursuant to section
3323.09 of the Revised Code; (K) For the purpose of encouraging the development of
special programs of education for academically gifted children,
employ competent persons to analyze and publish data, promote
research, advise and counsel with boards of education, and
encourage the training of teachers in the special instruction of
gifted children. The board may provide financial assistance out
of any funds appropriated for this purpose to boards of education
and educational service center governing boards for developing and
conducting programs of education for academically gifted children.
(L) Require that all public schools emphasize and encourage,
within existing units of study, the teaching of energy and
resource conservation
as recommended to each district board of
education by leading business persons involved in energy
production and conservation, beginning in the primary grades; (M) Formulate and prescribe minimum standards requiring the
use of phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades
kindergarten through three. In addition, the state board shall
provide in-service training programs for teachers on the use of
phonics as a technique in the teaching of reading in grades
kindergarten through three.
(N) Develop and modify as necessary a state plan for
technology to encourage and promote the use of technological
advancements in educational settings. The board may adopt rules necessary for carrying out any
function imposed on it by law, and may provide rules as are
necessary for its government and the government of its employees,
and may delegate to the superintendent of public instruction the
management and administration of any function imposed on it by
law. It may provide for the appointment of board members to serve
on temporary committees established by the board for such purposes
as are necessary. Permanent or standing committees shall not be
created.
Sec. 4508.02. (A) The director of public safety, subject to
Chapter 119. of
the Revised Code, shall adopt and prescribe such
rules concerning the
administration and enforcement of this
chapter as are necessary to
protect the public. The
director
shall inspect the
school facilities and equipment of applicants
and licensees and examine
applicants for instructor's licenses. (B) The director shall administer and enforce this chapter,
and may call
upon the state
superintendent of public
instruction
for assistance in developing and formulating the rules for
training beginning drivers.
(C) The rules shall require twenty-four hours of classroom
instruction
of which thirty minutes shall be devoted to anatomical
gifts and anatomical gift procedures, and eight hours of actual
behind-the-wheel instruction conducted
on public streets and
highways of this state
for all beginning drivers of noncommercial
motor vehicles who are
under age eighteen. (D) The rules shall state the minimum hours for classroom
and
behind-the-wheel instruction required for beginning drivers of
commercial
trucks, commercial cars, buses, and commercial
tractors, trailers, and semi-trailers.
Section 2. That existing sections 3301.07 and 4508.02 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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