2018 REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AWARDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, [December 2018,] 20 pp.

Prepared and submitted pursuant to R.C. 125.112(G); focuses on Award Recipients that received awards with a 2017 closeout year; reports on the level of compliance of business entities with the terms and conditions, including performance metrics, of state awards for economic development administered by the Ohio Development Services Agency; reports that 186 economic development awards were reviewed by the Attorney General who determined that "Award Recipients receiving 145 awards had substantially complied with the terms and conditions of their award agreements, whereas Award Recipients receiving 41 awards did not comply, representating an overall compliance rate of 78%." 

EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDER PERFORMANCE REPORT: STATEWIDE REPORT, 2018, February 15, 2019, 28 pp.

Reports for the period from September 1, 2017, to August 31, 2018; fulfills the requirements of R.C. 3333.048 that requires the Chancellor of Higher Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and publish metrics for institutions of higher education that prepare educators and other school personnel.

FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019, November 24, 2018, 3 pp. + zip file, size 6.73 MB.

Prepared pursuant to R.C. 3345.72; part one contains responses to 12 questions, designed to probe for serious cash flow problems, answered by the campus fiscal officers of all 37 of Ohio's state-supported colleges and universities for which the desired answer is NO; in this report Shawnee State, and Columbus State Community College responded in the affirmative to some of the questions; contact the LSC Library for copies of the individual university reports from part two.

OHIO REMEDIATION REPORT AND SPREADSHEET, December 2018, 13 pp. + 48 pp.

Fulfills the reporting requirements of  R.C. 3345.061 and 3333.041; Remediation Report provides an overview of Ohio's Remediation-Free Guarantee, a review of the data, and recommendations for future strategies to reduce the need for remediation.

Spreadsheet lists by school district the number of 2017 high school graduates who attended a state institution of higher education, and the percentage of each district's graduates who were required to enroll in a remedial course in English or mathematics prior to enrolling in credit-bearing courses generally required for first-year students.

REPORT OF THE MALNUTRITION PREVENTION COMMISSION, March 2018, 40 pp.

Report required by H.B. 580 of the 131st General Assembly; to fulfill the directive of the act, the Commission "studied malnutrition as it relates to healthcare costs and data, education and awareness, and prevention;" presents findings and recommendations.

REPORT ON JMOC LIMIT FOR THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR THE FY 2020-2021 BUDGET, December 2018, 37 pp.

Report fulfills the requirements of R.C. 103.414 to work with an outside actuarial firm to calculate the projected rate of growth for the Medicaid program on a per capita or per member per month basis for the upcoming biennium and report the rate at least 90 days before the Governor is required to submit the budget;" the Committee selected 3.3% in FY 2020 and 3.4% in FY2021 as the JMOC rate for the FY2020-2021 budget;" Optumas was selected as the actuarial firm.

ANNUAL REPORT 2017, 28 pp.

Presents mission, vision, and values of Commission; identifies Commissioners and key staff; includes a table of organization; describes the functions and significant activies of the Divisions in 2017;  provides statistics about the cases for the Office, information about the costs and caseloads of county public defender offices, appointed counsel death penalty reimbursement, and other statistics about appointed counsel on a county-by-county basis. 

RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO FOR THE 2016 COMPLIANCE YEAR, [February 2019], 12 pp.

Submitted to fulfill annual report as required by S.B. 221 of the 127th General Assembly, but reflects the elimination of the advanced energy provisions enacted in S.B. 310 of the 130th General Assembly, including a title change from the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Report; addresses 2016 compliance activities, 2016 average renewable energy credits costs, and describes strategies for utility and company compliance or activities to encourage the use of renewable energy resources to satisfy the state's electricity demand.

REAL ESTATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SPECIAL ACCOUNT ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2018, January 22, 2019, 7 pp.

Fulfills the requirements of R.C. 4735.06(C);  includes brief financial report, grant disbursement report, and directory of members of the Committee.

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018,  THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2018, February 14, 2019, 38 pp.

Presents detailed statement of condition of bonded debt; summarizes, in narrative form, the legislative authority for each category of bonds and the dollar amount, if any, left to be issued.

REPORT OF THE TAX EXPENDITURE REVIEW COMMITTEE, November 2018, 196 pp.

Committee created by H.B. 9 of the 131st General Assembly; tasked with reviewing all current tax expenditures at least once every eight years and make recommendations about each tax expenditure; this report reviewed and recommends the continuation of the first 15 tax expenditures in the Department of Taxation's Tax Expenditure Report, 1.01 through 1.15; testimony from committee meetings included in appendix; recommends a schedule for future reviews.

ANNUAL REPORT 2018, 185 pp.

Describes basic responsibilities of the Department and its initiatives in FY 2018; provides brief fiscal information about the Department;  includes detailed descriptions of the tax base, rates, and provisions of each of the state taxes administered by the Department, three revenue sharing funds administered by the Department and 13 locally administered taxes; contains detailed statistical data concerning each individual tax, comparisons to "competitor states," if applicable, and a history of the major legislative changes to the tax.

PROPOSED 2019 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, November 8, 2018, 8 pp.; ADOPTED 2019 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, December 20, 2018, 10 pp.

Proposed operating and capital budgets for 2019 submitted in compliance with R.C. 5537.17(H); cover letter summarizes  how the $1.5 million increase in operating expenses will be spent and indicates capital expenditures will include replacing 22.9 lane miles of original concrete base and resurfacing 73.4 miles of roadway, as well as replacing 20 bridge decks, the removal of 2 bridges, and the continuation of the bridge painting program.

Certified copies of Resolution No. 72-2018 adopting the annual operating budget, and Resolution No. 73-2018 adopting the capital budget for 2019 submitted in compliance with R.C. 5537.17(F).