Bill Title: To revise the law regarding terms of office of members of certain joint vocational school district boards of education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-04 - To Education
[HB428 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB428-Introduced.html
As Introduced
| 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Stebelton, Hall, DeVitis, Williams, Celebrezze, Dovilla, Brenner
A BILL
| To amend section 3311.19 and to enact section | 1 |
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3311.191 of the Revised Code to revise the law | 2 |
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regarding terms of office of members of certain | 3 |
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joint vocational school district boards of | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 3311.19 be amended and section | 6 |
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3311.191 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3311.19. (A) The management and control of a joint | 8 |
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vocational school district shall be vested in the joint vocational | 9 |
school district board of education which, beginning on the | 10 |
effective date of this amendmentSeptember 29, 2013, shall be | 11 |
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appointed under division (C) of this section. | 12 |
| All members of a joint vocational school district board | 13 |
serving unexpired terms on the effective date of this amendment | 14 |
| September 29, 2013, may continue in office until the expiration of | 15 |
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their terms. If a member leaves office for any reason prior to the | 16 |
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expiration of that member's term, the vacancy shall be filled only | 17 |
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in the manner provided in division (C) of this section. | 18 |
(B) MembersExcept as provided in section 3311.191 of the | 19 |
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Revised Code, members of the joint vocational school district | 20 |
board appointed on or after the effective date of this amendment | 21 |
| September 29, 2013, shall serve for three-year terms of office. No | 22 |
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member shall hold office for a period of longer than two | 23 |
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consecutive terms. Terms shall be considered consecutive unless | 24 |
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separated by three or more years. | 25 |
| Members of the board shall be selected based on the diversity | 26 |
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of the employers from the geographical region of the state in | 27 |
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which the territory of the joint vocational school district is | 28 |
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located represented by the members. Not less than three-fifths of | 29 |
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the members of the board shall reside in or be employed within the | 30 |
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territory of the joint vocational school district board upon which | 31 |
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the member serves. | 32 |
| (C) The manner of appointment and the total number of members | 33 |
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appointed to the joint vocational school district board shall be | 34 |
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in accordance with the most recent plan for the joint vocational | 35 |
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school district on file with the department of education. An | 36 |
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individual shall not be a member of an appointing board, unless | 37 |
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the individual meets the criteria in division (C)(2) of this | 38 |
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section. | 39 |
| (1) Appointments under this section shall be made as the | 40 |
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terms of members of each joint vocational school district board | 41 |
who are serving unexpired terms on the effective date of this | 42 |
amendmentSeptember 29, 2013, expire or as those offices are | 43 |
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otherwise vacated prior to the expiration date. | 44 |
| (2) Members of the joint vocational board shall have | 45 |
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experience as chief financial officers, chief executive officers, | 46 |
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human resources managers, or other business, industry, or career | 47 |
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counseling professionals who are qualified to discuss the labor | 48 |
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needs of the region with respect to the regional economy. The | 49 |
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appointing board shall appoint individuals who represent employers | 50 |
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in the region served by the joint vocational school district who | 51 |
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are qualified to consider the state's workforce needs with an | 52 |
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understanding of the skills, training, and education needed for | 53 |
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current and future employment opportunities in the state. The | 54 |
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appointing board may give preference to individuals who have | 55 |
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served as members on a joint vocational school business advisory | 56 |
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committee who meet the qualifications in division (C)(2) of this | 57 |
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section. | 58 |
| (D) The vocational schools in the joint vocational school | 59 |
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district shall be available to all youth of school age within the | 60 |
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joint vocational school district subject to the rules adopted by | 61 |
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the joint vocational school district board of education in regard | 62 |
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to the standards requisite to admission. A joint vocational school | 63 |
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district board of education shall have the same powers, duties, | 64 |
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and authority for the management and operation of such joint | 65 |
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vocational school district as is granted by law, except by this | 66 |
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chapter and Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised | 67 |
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Code, to a board of education of a city school district, and shall | 68 |
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be subject to all the provisions of law that apply to a city | 69 |
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school district, except such provisions in this chapter and | 70 |
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Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised Code. | 71 |
| (E) The superintendent of schools of a joint vocational | 72 |
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school district shall exercise the duties and authority vested by | 73 |
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law in a superintendent of schools pertaining to the operation of | 74 |
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a school district and the employment and supervision of its | 75 |
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personnel. The joint vocational school district board of education | 76 |
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shall appoint a treasurer of the joint vocational school district | 77 |
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who shall be the fiscal officer for such district and who shall | 78 |
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have all the powers, duties, and authority vested by law in a | 79 |
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treasurer of a board of education. | 80 |
| (F) Each member of a joint vocational school district board | 81 |
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of education may be paid such compensation as the board provides | 82 |
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by resolution, but it shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five | 83 |
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dollars per member for each meeting attended plus mileage, at the | 84 |
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rate per mile provided by resolution of the board, to and from | 85 |
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meetings of the board. | 86 |
| The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of | 87 |
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amounts payable for benefits under section 3313.202 of the Revised | 88 |
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Code. | 89 |
| Each member of a joint vocational school district board may | 90 |
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be paid such compensation as the board provides by resolution for | 91 |
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attendance at an approved training program, provided that such | 92 |
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compensation shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for attendance | 93 |
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at a training program three hours or fewer in length and one | 94 |
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hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training | 95 |
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program longer than three hours in length. However, no board | 96 |
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member shall be compensated for the same training program under | 97 |
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this section and section 3313.12 of the Revised Code. | 98 |
| Sec. 3311.191. (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, | 99 |
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if a joint vocational school district has an even number of member | 100 |
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districts each appointing a member to the joint vocational school | 101 |
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district board of education and the joint vocational school | 102 |
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district's plan on file with the department of education provides | 103 |
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for one additional board member to be appointed on a rotating | 104 |
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basis by one of the appointing boards, the term of that additional | 105 |
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member shall be for one year. The additional member shall | 106 |
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otherwise meet the requirements for joint vocational school board | 107 |
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members prescribed by section 3311.19 of the Revised Code. | 108 |
| (B) If an additional member of a joint vocational school | 109 |
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district board appointed on a rotating basis, as described in | 110 |
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division (A) of this section, was appointed on or after September | 111 |
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29, 2013, but prior to the effective date of this section, that | 112 |
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member may continue in office until the expiration of the member's | 113 |
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current term of office. If such member vacates that office for any | 114 |
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reason prior to the expiration of that member's term, a new | 115 |
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additional member shall be appointed according to the rotational | 116 |
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basis prescribed by the district's plan, and that member shall | 117 |
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serve for the remainder of the vacating member's term. Thereafter, | 118 |
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the term of office of the additional member shall be as prescribed | 119 |
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by division (A) of this section. | 120 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3311.19 of the Revised Code | 121 |
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is hereby repealed. | 122 |
