Bill Text: OH HB428 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To revise the law regarding terms of office of members of certain joint vocational school district boards of education.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-04 - To Education [HB428 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB428-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 428

Representative Anielski 

Cosponsors: Representatives Stebelton, Hall, DeVitis, Williams, Celebrezze, Dovilla, Brenner 

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A BILL

To amend section 3311.19 and to enact section

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3311.191 of the Revised Code to revise the law

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regarding terms of office of members of certain

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joint vocational school district boards of

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education.

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

Section 1.  That section 3311.19 be amended and section	6
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
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
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
their terms. If a member leaves office for any reason prior to the	16
expiration of that member's term, the vacancy shall be filled only	17
in the manner provided in division (C) of this section.	18

(B) MembersExcept as provided in section 3311.191 of the	19
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
member shall hold office for a period of longer than two	23
consecutive terms. Terms shall be considered consecutive unless	24
separated by three or more years.	25

Members of the board shall be selected based on the diversity	26
of the employers from the geographical region of the state in	27
which the territory of the joint vocational school district is	28
located represented by the members. Not less than three-fifths of	29
the members of the board shall reside in or be employed within the	30
territory of the joint vocational school district board upon which	31
the member serves.	32

(C) The manner of appointment and the total number of members	33
appointed to the joint vocational school district board shall be	34
in accordance with the most recent plan for the joint vocational	35
school district on file with the department of education. An	36
individual shall not be a member of an appointing board, unless	37
the individual meets the criteria in division (C)(2) of this	38
section.	39

(1) Appointments under this section shall be made as the	40
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
otherwise vacated prior to the expiration date.	44

(2) Members of the joint vocational board shall have	45
experience as chief financial officers, chief executive officers,	46
human resources managers, or other business, industry, or career	47
counseling professionals who are qualified to discuss the labor	48
needs of the region with respect to the regional economy. The	49
appointing board shall appoint individuals who represent employers	50
in the region served by the joint vocational school district who	51
are qualified to consider the state's workforce needs with an	52
understanding of the skills, training, and education needed for	53
current and future employment opportunities in the state. The	54
appointing board may give preference to individuals who have	55
served as members on a joint vocational school business advisory	56
committee who meet the qualifications in division (C)(2) of this	57
section.	58

(D) The vocational schools in the joint vocational school	59
district shall be available to all youth of school age within the	60
joint vocational school district subject to the rules adopted by	61
the joint vocational school district board of education in regard	62
to the standards requisite to admission. A joint vocational school	63
district board of education shall have the same powers, duties,	64
and authority for the management and operation of such joint	65
vocational school district as is granted by law, except by this	66
chapter and Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised	67
Code, to a board of education of a city school district, and shall	68
be subject to all the provisions of law that apply to a city	69
school district, except such provisions in this chapter and	70
Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised Code.	71

(E) The superintendent of schools of a joint vocational	72
school district shall exercise the duties and authority vested by	73
law in a superintendent of schools pertaining to the operation of	74
a school district and the employment and supervision of its	75
personnel. The joint vocational school district board of education	76
shall appoint a treasurer of the joint vocational school district	77
who shall be the fiscal officer for such district and who shall	78
have all the powers, duties, and authority vested by law in a	79
treasurer of a board of education.	80

(F) Each member of a joint vocational school district board	81
of education may be paid such compensation as the board provides	82
by resolution, but it shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five	83
dollars per member for each meeting attended plus mileage, at the	84
rate per mile provided by resolution of the board, to and from	85
meetings of the board.	86

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	87
amounts payable for benefits under section 3313.202 of the Revised	88
Code.	89

Each member of a joint vocational school district board may	90
be paid such compensation as the board provides by resolution for	91
attendance at an approved training program, provided that such	92
compensation shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for attendance	93
at a training program three hours or fewer in length and one	94
hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training	95
program longer than three hours in length. However, no board	96
member shall be compensated for the same training program under	97
this section and section 3313.12 of the Revised Code.	98

Sec. 3311.191.  (A) Subject to division (B) of this section,	99
if a joint vocational school district has an even number of member	100
districts each appointing a member to the joint vocational school	101
district board of education and the joint vocational school	102
district's plan on file with the department of education provides	103
for one additional board member to be appointed on a rotating	104
basis by one of the appointing boards, the term of that additional	105
member shall be for one year. The additional member shall	106
otherwise meet the requirements for joint vocational school board	107
members prescribed by section 3311.19 of the Revised Code.	108

(B) If an additional member of a joint vocational school	109
district board appointed on a rotating basis, as described in	110
division (A) of this section, was appointed on or after September	111
29, 2013, but prior to the effective date of this section, that	112
member may continue in office until the expiration of the member's	113
current term of office. If such member vacates that office for any	114
reason prior to the expiration of that member's term, a new	115
additional member shall be appointed according to the rotational	116
basis prescribed by the district's plan, and that member shall	117
serve for the remainder of the vacating member's term. Thereafter,	118
the term of office of the additional member shall be as prescribed	119
by division (A) of this section.	120

Section 2.  That existing section 3311.19 of the Revised Code	121
is hereby repealed.	122