Legislative Tracking Report
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[email protected] • October 26, 2016 This October 26, 2016, Legislative e-Update is provided by OESCA to Ohio’s ESCs, their client school districts, and other key education stakeholders. The e-Update provides information on the pending bills of interest to Ohio’s public education community. Bills are organized in order of last action date. For each bill listed, the long title of the bill is included as well as the current status and all previous actions. There are also links to the state bill page for users to download any bills, analyses or fiscal notes. The document concludes with House and Senate Education Committee Reports and the latest news from Capitol Square. Legislative Tracking Report HB130 PUBLIC RECORDS-DATA BOARD (HAGAN C, DUFFEY M) To create the DataOhio Board, to specify requirements for posting public records online, to require the Auditor of State to adopt rules regarding a uniform accounting system for public offices, to establish an online catalog of public data at data.Ohio.gov, to establish the Local Government Information Exchange Grant Program, and to make an appropriation. Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance Status: All Bill 5/18/2016 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 96-0 Status: 5/18/2016 - Bills for Third Consideration 4/20/2016 - REPORTED OUT, House Finance, (Third Hearing) 4/12/2016 - BILL AMENDED, House Finance, (Second Hearing) 12/2/2015 - House Finance, (First Hearing) 10/6/2015 - Re-Referred to Committee 6/17/2015 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House State Government, (Fifth Hearing) 6/10/2015 - BILL AMENDED, House State Government, (Fourth Hearing) 5/27/2015 - House State Government, (Third Hearing) 5/20/2015 - House State Government, (Second Hearing) 4/29/2015 - House State Government, (First Hearing) 4/14/2015 - Referred to Committee House State Government 3/24/2015 - Introduced Categories: State Government State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-HB-130 OESCA Legislative eUpdate - 1 HB383 INFORMED STUDENT DOCUMENT (HAGAN C) To require one-half unit of economic and financial literacy in the high school social studies curriculum, to require the Chancellor of Higher Education to prepare an informed student document for each state institution of higher education, to require the State Board of Education to include information on the informed student document in the standards and model curricula it creates for financial literacy and entrepreneurship, and to entitle the act the "Informed Student Document Act." Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Education Status: All Bill 5/25/2016 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 78-17 Status: 5/25/2016 - Bills for Third Consideration 5/24/2016 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, House Education, (Fourth Hearing) 4/13/2016 - House Education, (Third Hearing) 2/23/2016 - House Education, (Second Hearing) 2/16/2016 - House Education, (First Hearing) 11/16/2015 - Referred to Committee House Education 11/2/2015 - Introduced Categories: Education, Higher Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-HB-383 HB441 INTERSCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES (MCCOLLEY R) To permit a student enrolled in a nonpublic school to participate in interscholastic activities at a school district that is not the student's resident district under certain circumstances and to prohibit a student who participates in the College Credit Plus program from being denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics solely due to participation in the program. Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Education Status: All Bill 5/25/2016 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 76-21 Status: 5/25/2016 - Bills for Third Consideration 5/24/2016 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT, House Education, (Third Hearing) 5/17/2016 - House Education, (Second Hearing) 2/23/2016 - House Education, (First Hearing) 2/2/2016 - Referred to Committee House Education 1/28/2016 - Introduced Categories: Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-HB-441 SB346 SCHOOL YEAR-START DATE (MANNING G) To generally require public and chartered nonpublic schools to open for instruction after Labor Day. Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Education Status: All Bill 9/27/2016 - Senate Education, (First Hearing) Status: 8/16/2016 - Introduced Categories: Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- OESCA Legislative eUpdate - 2 Page: summary?id=GA131-SB-346 SB352 SCHOOL ZONES (TAVARES C) To require school zones to be indicated by signs equipped with flashing or other lights or that indicate the times during which the restrictive speed limit is enforced, and to make an appropriation. Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Transportation, Status: Commerce and Labor All Bill 9/7/2016 - Introduced Status: Categories: Education, Public Safety, Transportation & Infrastructure State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-SB-352 SB354 SCHOOL FACILITIES COMMISSION-FUNDING (EKLUND J, CAFARO C) To require the School Facilities Commission to give priority for project funding to school districts that resulted from certain types of transfers, mergers, or consolidations and demonstrate an efficient use of facility space as determined by the Commission. Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance Status: All Bill 9/15/2016 - Introduced Status: Categories: Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-SB-354 HB85 CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION (RAMOS D) With respect to age- appropriate student instruction in child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention and in-service staff training in child sexual abuse prevention. Current 9/28/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Education Status: All Bill 5/24/2016 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 90-7 Status: 5/24/2016 - Bills for Third Consideration 5/5/2015 - REPORTED OUT, House Judiciary, (Third Hearing) 4/28/2015 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing) 4/21/2015 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing) 3/17/2015 - House Judiciary, (First Hearing) 3/10/2015 - Referred to Committee House Judiciary 2/25/2015 - Introduced Categories: Children and Family Issues, Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-HB-85 SB92 SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDS (SCHIAVONI J) To require the State Board of Education to establish criteria and procedures for the awarding of school safety funds to school districts and to make an appropriation. Current 9/27/2016 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing) Status: All Bill 3/4/2015 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance Status: 2/26/2015 - Introduced OESCA Legislative eUpdate - 3 Categories: Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-SB-92 SB93 BULLYING PREVENTION FUNDS (SCHIAVONI J) 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. Current 9/27/2016 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing) Status: All Bill 3/4/2015 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance Status: 2/26/2015 - Introduced Categories: Education, Public Safety State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-SB-93 SB326 SCHOOL DISTRICTS-TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT (GARDNER R) To require the Ohio School Facilities Commission to establish a program assisting school districts in purchasing technology and making physical alterations to improve technology infrastructure and school safety and security. Current 9/27/2016 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing) Status: All Bill 5/11/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance Status: 5/4/2016 - Introduced Categories: Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-SB-326 HB410 TRUANCY (REZABEK J, HAYES B) With regard to habitual and chronic truancy and compulsory school attendance. Current 9/27/2016 - Senate Education, (Third Hearing) Status: All Bill 5/24/2016 - Senate Education, (Second Hearing) Status: 5/17/2016 - Senate Education, (First Hearing) 5/11/2016 - Referred to Committee Senate Education 5/4/2016 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 95-1 5/4/2016 - Bills for Third Consideration 4/20/2016 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Education, (Fourth Hearing) 2/23/2016 - House Education, (Third Hearing) 2/16/2016 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Education, (Second Hearing) 1/27/2016 - House Education, (First Hearing) 1/20/2016 - Referred to Committee House Education 12/9/2015 - Introduced Categories: Education State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-HB-410 HB594 COMMUNITY SCHOOL AUDIT-PUBLIC MONEY (ROEGNER K) Regarding public moneys returned to the state as a result of a finding of recovery issued pursuant to an audit of a community school. OESCA Legislative eUpdate - 4 Current 9/6/2016 - Introduced Status: Categories: Education, State Government State Bill https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation- Page: summary?id=GA131-HB-594 HB583 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES-REQUIRED DUES (BECKER J) To remove any requirement under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Law that public employees join or pay dues to any employee organization, to prohibit public employers from requiring public employees to join or pay dues to any employee organization, to prohibit an employee organization