Bill Text: OH SB373 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require the State Board of Education to establish criteria and procedures for the awarding of bullying prevention and education funds to school districts and to make an appropriation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-21 - To Finance [SB373 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SB373-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 373

Senator Schiavoni 

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A BILL

To require the State Board of Education to establish

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criteria and procedures for the awarding of

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bullying prevention and education funds to school

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districts and to make an appropriation.

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

Section 1.  Money may be distributed to a school district	5
under Section 2 of this act only upon the approval of an	6
application submitted by the district. The State Board of	7
Education shall prescribe an application form and establish	8
criteria for the awarding of funds and procedures for the	9
consideration and approval of applications.	10

Section 2. All items in this section are hereby appropriated	11
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the	12
credit of the designated fund. For all appropriations made in this	13
act, those in the first column are for fiscal year 2014 and those	14
in the second column are for fiscal year 2015. The appropriations	15
made in this act are in addition to any other appropriations made	16
for the FY 2014-FY 2015 biennium.	17

Appropriations

EDU DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION	18

General Revenue Fund	19

GRF	200596		Bullying Prevention Grants		$	0		$	1,850,000		20
TOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund					$	0		$	1,850,000		21
TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS					$	0		$	1,850,000		22

BULLYING PREVENTION GRANTS

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The foregoing appropriation item 200596, Bullying Prevention	24
Grants, shall be used to distribute funds awarded under the School	25
Bullying Prevention and Education Grant Program, which is hereby	26
established. This program shall award grants in accordance with	27
Sections 1 and 2 of this act to school districts for bullying	28
prevention and education programs designed specifically for middle	29
school students. Upon approval of an application, the funds shall	30
be distributed based on school district enrollment as follows: (1)	31
up to $1,000 to a district with fewer than 1,000 enrolled	32
students, (2) up to $2,000 to a district with between 1,000 and	33
2,000 enrolled students, (3) up to $5,000 to a district with	34
greater than 2,000 but fewer than 10,000 enrolled students, and	35
(4) up to $10,000 to a district with 10,000 or more enrolled	36
students.	37

Section 3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall	38
certify to the Director of Budget and Management the aggregate	39
amount of the grants awarded under Section 2 of this act. Upon	40
receiving certification, the Director of Budget and Management	41
shall transfer cash in the amount certified from the Budget	42
Stabilization Fund to the General Revenue Fund.	43

Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the	44
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts	45
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation	46
made in this act, and shall determine the form and manner in which	47
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from	48
appropriations contained in this act shall be accounted for as	49
though made in Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly.	50

The appropriations made in this act are subject to all	51
provisions of Am. Sub. H.B. 59 of the 130th General Assembly that	52
are generally applicable to such appropriations.	53