As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

S. B. No. 242

Senator Sawyer 

Cosponsors: Senators Seitz, Kearney, Skindell, Tavares, Turner, Schiavoni, Brown, Obhof 

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A BILL

To amend section 3301.01 of the Revised Code to

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revise the membership composition of the State

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Board of Education.

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

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 and ranking minority member of the committee of the	14
senate that primarily deals with education and the chairperson and	15
ranking minority member of the committee of the house of	16
representatives that primarily deals with education shall be	17
nonvoting ex officio members of the board.	18

(B)(1) The territory of each state board of education	19
district for each elected voting member of the board shall consist	20
of the territory of three contiguous senate districts as	21
established in the most recent apportionment for members of the	22
general assembly, but the territory of no senate district shall be	23
part of the territory of more than one state board of education	24
district. Each state board of education district shall be as	25
compact as practicable. The districts shall include, when	26
practicable, some districts that primarily consist of territory in	27
rural areas and some districts that primarily consist of territory	28
in urban areas.	29

(2) If, after the apportionment for members of the general	30
assembly is made in any year, the general assembly does not during	31
that year enact legislation establishing state board of education	32
districts in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section, the	33
governor shall designate the boundaries of the districts in	34
accordance with division (B)(1) of this section no later than the	35
thirty-first day of January of the year next succeeding such	36
apportionment. Upon making such designation, the governor shall	37
give written notice of the boundaries of the districts to each	38
member of the state board of education, including the nonvoting ex	39
officio members; the superintendent of public instruction; the	40
president of the senate; the speaker of the house of	41
representatives; and the board of elections of each county in each	42
new district. On the first day of February in any year in which	43
the governor designates the boundaries of state board of education	44
districts under this section, the state board of education	45
districts as they existed prior to that date shall cease to exist	46
and the new districts shall be created.	47

Section 2. That existing section 3301.01 of the Revised Code	48
is hereby repealed.	49