Bill Text: OH SB230 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
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 [SB230 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SB230-Introduced.html
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Senator Sawyer
Cosponsors:
Senators Turner, Kearney, Tavares
To enact section 3312.14 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
create the Office of Regional Services and | 2 |
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 |
enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 3312.14. The office of regional services and | 6 |
accountability is hereby created within the department of | 7 |
education. The office shall do the following: | 8 |
(A) Conduct a thorough review of the structure and | 9 |
performance of the educational regional service system; | 10 |
(B) Outline a clear mission for the educational regional | 11 |
service system and establish operational and performance standards | 12 |
for the system; | 13 |
(C) Identify core services to be provided through the | 14 |
educational regional service system, which may include | 15 |
high-quality educational opportunities, special education, | 16 |
professional development, and assistance in the acquisition of | 17 |
materials, technology, and transportation; | 18 |
(D) Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each of | 19 |
the regional service providers that comprise the educational | 20 |
regional service system and monitor those providers to ensure they | 21 |
perform the duties associated with their designated roles and | 22 |
responsibilities; | 23 |
(E) Encourage flexibility and entrepreneurship by regional | 24 |
service providers within their designated roles and | 25 |
responsibilities; | 26 |
(F) Establish a process for continuous review of the | 27 |
educational regional service system to ensure the system's | 28 |
alignment with the educational priorities and policies of the | 29 |
state board of education and to make necessary revisions to the | 30 |
system; | 31 |
(G) Collaborate with the chancellor of the Ohio board of | 32 |
regents and other state agencies whose missions impact primary and | 33 |
secondary public education to coordinate regional outreach efforts | 34 |
and to eliminate redundancies; | 35 |
(H) Encourage school districts and public and chartered | 36 |
nonpublic schools to achieve cost savings by managing their | 37 |
resources effectively and, to the extent permitted by collective | 38 |
bargaining agreements entered into under Chapter 4117. of the | 39 |
Revised Code, collaborating for the joint provision of services; | 40 |
(I) Make legislative recommendations to improve the operation | 41 |
of the educational regional service system, to ensure the system's | 42 |
provision of the core services identified under division (C) of | 43 |
this section, to align the system's funding with the actual cost | 44 |
of various services, and to provide incentives for school | 45 |
districts, public and chartered nonpublic schools, and regional | 46 |
service providers to collaborate on the provision of services. | 47 |