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Sub. H. B. No. 107 As Reported by the Senate Finance CommitteeAs Reported by the Senate Finance Committee
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Barborak, Gonzales, Henne, Stebelton, Amstutz, McClain, Sykes, Anielski, Antonio, Derickson, Dovilla, Driehaus, Duffey, Hall, Maag, Rosenberger, Adams, R., Ashford, Barnes, Beck, Boose, Brown, Buchy, Budish, Burkley, Butler, Conditt, DeVitis, Gerberry, Green, Grossman, Hackett, Hayes, Hill, Landis, Lundy, Mallory, McGregor, Milkovich, O'Brien, Patmon, Patterson, Pelanda, Perales, Reece, Retherford, Rogers, Romanchuk, Ruhl, Sheehy, Slaby, Smith, Sprague, Strahorn, Thompson, Winburn, Young Speaker Batchelder
Senators Sawyer, Tavares
A BILL
To enact section 122.177 of the Revised Code to
authorize the Development Services Agency to award
grants to businesses that employ high school
students in career exploration internships and to
make an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 122.177 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 122.177. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for
profit, or a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of
the Revised Code.
(2) "Career exploration internship" means a paid employment
relationship between a student intern and a business in which the
student intern acquires education, instruction, and experience
relevant to the student intern's career aspirations.
(3) "Student intern" means an individual who, at the time the
business applies for a grant under division (B) of this section,
meets both of the following criteria:
(a) The individual is entitled to attend school in this
state.
(b) The individual is either between sixteen and eighteen
years of age or is enrolled in grade eleven or twelve.
(B) There is hereby created in the development services
agency the career exploration internship program to award grants
to businesses that employ a student intern in a career exploration
internship. To qualify for a grant under the program, the career
exploration internship shall be at least twenty weeks in duration
and include at least two hundred hours of paid work and
instruction in this state. To obtain a grant, the business shall
apply to the development services agency before the starting date
of the career exploration internship. The application shall
include all of the following:
(1) A brief description of the career exploration internship;
(2) A signed statement by the student intern briefly
describing the student intern's career aspirations and how the
student intern believes this career exploration internship may
help achieve those aspirations;
(3) A signed statement by a principal or guidance counselor
at the student intern's school or, in the case of a home schooled
student, an individual responsible for administering instruction
to the student intern, acknowledging that the employment
opportunity qualifies as a career exploration internship and
expressing intent to advise the student intern as provided in
division (E) of this section;
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of the business;
(5) Any other information required by the development
services agency.
(C)(1) The development services agency shall review and make
a determination with respect to each application submitted under
division (B) of this section in the order in which the application
is received. The agency shall not approve any application under
this section that is received by the agency more than three years
after the effective date of H.B. 107 of the 130th general assembly
or that was submitted by a business that does not have substantial
operations in this state. The agency may not otherwise deny an
application unless the application is incomplete, the proposed
employment relationship does not qualify as a career exploration
internship for which a grant may be awarded under this section,
the business is ineligible to receive a grant under division
(D)(1) of this section, or the agency determines that approving
the application would cause the amount that could be awarded to
exceed the amount of money in the career exploration internship
fund.
(2) The agency shall send written notice of its determination
to the applicant within thirty days after receiving the
application. If the agency determines that the application shall
not be approved, the notice shall include the reasons for such
determination.
(3) The agency's determination is final and may not be
appealed for any reason. A business may submit a new or amended
application under division (B) of this section at any time before
or after receiving notice under division (C)(2) of this section.
(D)(1) In any calendar year, the development services agency
shall not award grants under this section to any business that has
received grants for three career exploration internships in that
calendar year. The agency shall not award a grant to a business
unless the agency receives a report from the business within
thirty days after the end of the career exploration internship or
thirteen months after the approval of the application, whichever
comes first, that includes all of the following:
(a) The date the student intern began the internship;
(b) The date the internship ended or a statement that the
student will continue to be employed by the business;
(c) The total number of hours during the internship that the
student intern was employed by the business;
(d) The total wages paid by the business to the student
intern during the internship;
(e) A signed statement by the student intern briefly
describing the duties performed during the internship and the
skills and experiences gained throughout the internship;
(f) Any other information required by the agency.
(2) If the agency receives the report and determines that it
contains all of the information and the statement required by
division (D)(1) of this section and that the career exploration
internship described in the report complies with all the
provisions of this section, the agency shall award a grant to the
business. The amount of the grant shall equal the lesser of the
following:
(a) Fifty per cent of the wages paid by the business to the
student intern for the first twelve months following the date the
application was approved;
(b) Five thousand dollars.
(E) The student intern and the principal, guidance counselor,
or other qualified individual who signed the statement described
in division (B)(3) of this section shall meet at least once in the
thirty days following the end of the career exploration internship
or in the thirteenth month following the start of the career
exploration internship, whichever comes first. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the student intern's experiences during the
career exploration internship, consider the practical applications
of these experiences to the student intern's career aspirations,
and to establish or confirm goals for the student intern. If
practicable, the meeting shall be in person. Otherwise, the
meeting may be conducted over the telephone.
(F) A business that receives a grant under this section may
submit a new application under division (B) of this section for
another career exploration internship with the same student
intern. Such an application does not have to include the
statements otherwise required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this
section.
(G) Annually, before the seventh day of January until the
January of the third year that follows the year that includes the
effective date of H.B. 107 of the 130th general assembly, the
development services agency shall compile a report indicating the
number of career exploration internships approved by the agency
under this section, the statements issued by the student interns
under divisions (B)(2) and (D)(1)(e) of this section, the number
of student interns that continued employment with the business
after the termination of the career exploration internship, and
the total amount of grants awarded under this section. The report
shall not disclose any student interns' personally identifiable
information. The agency shall provide copies of the report to the
governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of
representatives, and the president and minority leader of the
senate.
(H) The development services agency may adopt rules necessary
to administer this section in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code.
(I) The career exploration internship fund is hereby created
in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of a portion of the
proceeds from the upfront license fees paid for the casino
facilities authorized under Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio
Constitution. Money in the fund shall be used by the development
services agency to provide grants under this section.
Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those
in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations
made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made
for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium.
DEV DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AGENCY
State Special Revenue Fund Group
5NS0 |
195616 |
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Career Exploration Internship |
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
1,000,000 |
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TOTAL SSR State Special Revenue Fund Group
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
1,000,000 |
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TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
1,000,000 |
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CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP
The foregoing appropriation item 195616, Career Exploration
Internship, shall be used for the Career Exploration Internship
Program as described in section 122.177 of the Revised Code.
Section 3. TRANSFER TO CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP FUND
On July 1, 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter, the
Director of Budget and Management shall transfer $1,000,000 cash
from the Economic Development Programs Fund (Fund 5JC0) used by
the Board of Regents to the Career Exploration Internship Fund
(Fund 5NS0) used by the Development Services Agency.
Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which
appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
The appropriation contained in this act shall be accounted
for as though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General
Assembly. The appropriation made in this act is subject to all
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that
are generally applicable to such appropriations.
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