Bill Title: To create the Office of Regional Services and Accountability in the Department of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-21 - To Education
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As Introduced
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Turner, Kearney, Tavares
A BILL
| To enact section 3312.14 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
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create the Office of Regional Services and | 2 |
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Accountability in the Department of Education. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 3312.14 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
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enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3312.14. The office of regional services and | 6 |
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accountability is hereby created within the department of | 7 |
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education. The office shall do the following: | 8 |
| (A) Conduct a thorough review of the structure and | 9 |
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performance of the educational regional service system; | 10 |
| (B) Outline a clear mission for the educational regional | 11 |
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service system and establish operational and performance standards | 12 |
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for the system; | 13 |
| (C) Identify core services to be provided through the | 14 |
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educational regional service system, which may include | 15 |
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high-quality educational opportunities, special education, | 16 |
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professional development, and assistance in the acquisition of | 17 |
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materials, technology, and transportation; | 18 |
| (D) Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each of | 19 |
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the regional service providers that comprise the educational | 20 |
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regional service system and monitor those providers to ensure they | 21 |
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perform the duties associated with their designated roles and | 22 |
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responsibilities; | 23 |
| (E) Encourage flexibility and entrepreneurship by regional | 24 |
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service providers within their designated roles and | 25 |
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responsibilities; | 26 |
| (F) Establish a process for continuous review of the | 27 |
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educational regional service system to ensure the system's | 28 |
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alignment with the educational priorities and policies of the | 29 |
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state board of education and to make necessary revisions to the | 30 |
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system; | 31 |
| (G) Collaborate with the chancellor of the Ohio board of | 32 |
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regents and other state agencies whose missions impact primary and | 33 |
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secondary public education to coordinate regional outreach efforts | 34 |
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and to eliminate redundancies; | 35 |
| (H) Encourage school districts and public and chartered | 36 |
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nonpublic schools to achieve cost savings by managing their | 37 |
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resources effectively and, to the extent permitted by collective | 38 |
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bargaining agreements entered into under Chapter 4117. of the | 39 |
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Revised Code, collaborating for the joint provision of services; | 40 |
| (I) Make legislative recommendations to improve the operation | 41 |
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of the educational regional service system, to ensure the system's | 42 |
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provision of the core services identified under division (C) of | 43 |
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this section, to align the system's funding with the actual cost | 44 |
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of various services, and to provide incentives for school | 45 |
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districts, public and chartered nonpublic schools, and regional | 46 |
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service providers to collaborate on the provision of services. | 47 |
