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| To amend section 3301.01 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish state board of education districts based | 2 |
| on the 2011 plan of apportionment. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 3301.01 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| amended to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3301.01. (A) There is hereby created the state board of | 6 |
| education consisting of nineteen members with eleven elected | 7 |
| members, one each to be elected in accordance with section 3301.03 | 8 |
| of the Revised Code from each of the districts established in | 9 |
| accordance with division (B) of this section, and with eight | 10 |
| members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and | 11 |
| consent of the senate. | 12 |
| In addition to the nineteen elected or appointed members, the | 13 |
| chairperson of the committee of the senate that primarily deals | 14 |
| with education and the chairperson of the committee of the house | 15 |
| of representatives that primarily deals with education shall be | 16 |
| nonvoting ex officio members of the board. | 17 |
| (B)(1) The territory of each state board of education | 18 |
| district for each elected voting member of the board shall consist | 19 |
| of the territory of three contiguous senate districts as | 20 |
| established in the most recent apportionment for members of the | 21 |
| general assembly, but the territory of no senate district shall be | 22 |
| part of the territory of more than one state board of education | 23 |
| district. Each state board of education district shall be as | 24 |
| compact as practicable. The districts shall include, when | 25 |
| practicable, some districts that primarily consist of territory in | 26 |
| rural areas and some districts that primarily consist of territory | 27 |
| in urban areas. | 28 |
| (2) If, after the apportionment for members of the general | 29 |
| assembly is made in any year, the general assembly does not during | 30 |
| that year enact legislation establishing state board of education | 31 |
| districts in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section, the | 32 |
| governor shall designate the boundaries of the districts in | 33 |
| accordance with division (B)(1) of this section no later than the | 34 |
| thirty-first day of January of the year next succeeding such | 35 |
| apportionment. Upon making such designation, the governor shall | 36 |
| give written notice of the boundaries of the districts to each | 37 |
| member of the state board of education, including the nonvoting ex | 38 |
| officio members; the superintendent of public instruction; the | 39 |
| president of the senate; the speaker of the house of | 40 |
| representatives; and the board of elections of each county in each | 41 |
| new district. On the first day of February in any year in which | 42 |
| the governor designates the boundaries of state board of education | 43 |
| districts under this section, the state board of education | 44 |
| districts as they existed prior to that date shall cease to exist | 45 |
| and the new districts shall be created. | 46 |
| (C)(1) For the purpose of election of members of the state | 47 |
| board of education, the state is divided into the following | 48 |
| districts: | 49 |
| (a) The first district contains senate districts one, two, | 50 |
| and eleven. | 51 |
| (b) The second district contains senate districts ten, | 52 |
| twelve, and twenty-six. | 53 |
| (c) The third district contains senate districts four, five, | 54 |
| and six. | 55 |
| (d) The fourth district contains senate districts seven, | 56 |
| eight, and nine. | 57 |
| (e) The fifth district contains senate districts fourteen, | 58 |
| seventeen, and thirty. | 59 |
| (f) The sixth district contains senate districts three, | 60 |
| fifteen, and sixteen. | 61 |
| (g) The seventh district contains senate districts nineteen, | 62 |
| twenty, and thirty-one. | 63 |
| (h) The eighth district contains senate districts | 64 |
| twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and twenty-nine. | 65 |
| (i) The ninth district contains senate districts eighteen, | 66 |
| thirty-two, and thirty-three. | 67 |
| (j) The tenth district contains senate districts thirteen, | 68 |
| twenty-two, and twenty-four. | 69 |
| (k) The eleventh district contains senate districts | 70 |
| twenty-one, twenty-three, and twenty-five. | 71 |
| (2) The senate districts referenced in division (C)(1) of | 72 |
| this section are the senate districts described in the final Ohio | 73 |
| apportionment plan as amended, adopted, and engrossed on September | 74 |
| 30, 2011, by the persons responsible for apportionment. | 75 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3301.01 of the Revised Code | 76 |
| is hereby repealed. | 77 |