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Section 101.68(B) of the Revised Code requires that when annual or other types of reports are to be submitted to the General Assembly, copies of the reports must be submitted to the Director of the Legislative Service Commission (LSC). Section 101.68(C) requires the Director to periodically inform each member of the General Assembly of the reports received by LSC. Below is the annotated bibliography of reports recently submitted to LSC. The bibliography, which is compiled by the LSC Library staff, also includes other documents that may be of interest to legislators. The links to electronic copies of the documents are included; click "View Report" to open a document. Please call the LSC Library at (614) 466-5312 if you would like to receive a paper copy of any of the reports.
GUIDE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RULE MAKING, August 2019, 7 pp.
Guide required by Ohio law to explain the basic process of rule-making, focusing on opportunities for stakeholders to participate in the Board's review, formulation, amendment, or rescission of administrative rules governing the practice of chiropractic in Ohio; provides details of the steps in the process and the role other agencies that interact with the Board; published on the Register of Ohio's website under Agency Rule-Making Guides Currently on File with LSC, http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/about/ruleMakingGuides.
ADOPTING AND ISSUING A REPORT TO THE STATE OF OHIO DESCRIBING THE CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PERFORMANCE FOR THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, October 22, 2019, 11 pp.
Issued pursuant to H.B. 525 of the 129th General Assembly; reports on the progress made on four different goals from the Cleveland Plan: (1) increasing the number of high performing schools and decreasing the the number of failing schools, (2) increasing the district's value-added measure, (3) focusing the district's central office on key support and governance roles and transferring authority and resources to schools, and (4) investing and phasing in high-leverage system reforms across all schools from preschool to college and career.
379.1535/C59/2018-2019COMMITTEE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, September 2018, 23 pp.
Created by H.B. 49 of the 132nd General Assembly; Committee was charged to develop strategies to reduce cost of attending colleges and universities; Committee looked at the subject of affordability, beyond tuition, with an "all-encompassing lens"; includes findings and recommendations.
378.3/Oh3jCOLLEGE CREDIT PLUS (CCP): RESULTS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS, November 2019, 14. pp.
Prepared by the Ohio Department of Education to fulfill the requirements of S.B. 216, Section 3, of the 132nd General Assembly; as directed by the act, this study reports on the cost-effectiveness for secondary schools and the participants, and addresses whether participants save money on college tuition and save time in degree completion; report concludes that CCP students on average need half the credits that would be required if a student had earned no credits while in high school and the families save signficantly in tuition costs.
370.11/Oh3ccFOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR FY 2019, September 12, 2019, 2 pp. (Part One) + electronic file, zip file, size 6,385 KB (Part Two)
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 officer of all 37 of Ohio's state-supported colleges and universities for which the desired answer is NO; Columbus State Community College, answered in the affirmative to one of the questions; contact the LSC Library for copies of the individual university reports from Part Two.
379.118/Un3q/4th Qtr FY 2019OHIOMEANSJOBS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM (WDRL) ANNUAL REPORT, September 3, 2019, 3 pp.
Submitted in accordance with S.B. 1 of the 130th General Assembly; jointly administered by the Treasurer of State; program provides loans to support students in programs that lead to employment in an in-demand job; for FY 2019, lists the institutions and programs receiving money and the award amount for each program at the institution.
370.113/Oh3oANNUAL REPORT 2018, 58 pp.
Presents mission, vision, and values of the Commission; identifies Commissioners and key staff; includes a table of organization; describes the functions and significant activies of the Divisions in 2018; presents basic budget and expenditure information; provides statistics about the cases of 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.
362.58/Oh3a/2018SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD: JANUARY 1, 2019-JUNE 30, 2019, August 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.
336.3432/Oh3/2019(1)GUIDE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RULE MAKING, September 2019, 7 pp.
Guide required by Ohio law to explain the basic process of rule-making, focusing on opportunities for stakeholders to participate in the Board's review, formulation, amendment, or rescission of administrative rules governing the audiology, hearing aid fitters, and speech-language pathology in Ohio; provides details of the steps in the process and the role other agencies that interact with the Board; published on the Register of Ohio's website under Agency Rule-Making Guides Currently on File with LSC, http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/about/ruleMakingGuides.
STATE AND PERMISSIVE (LOCAL) SALES AND USE TAX COLLECTIONS FOR INDUSTRIES RELATED TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM, JANUARY 2, 2019-JUNE 30, 2019, 2 pp.
Fulfills requirement of R.C. 5739.36 to summarize and publish sales and use tax collections for industries related to travel and tourism for the reporting period; table reflects categories related to tourism as defined in Section 5 of S.B. 314 of the 129th General Assembly.
336.2713/Oh3/January 1, 2019-June 30, 2019AUTONOMOUS AND CONNECTED VEHICLE REPORT: CHAIRMAN'S REPORT, December 2018, 100 pp.
The House Transportation and Public Safety Committee began its study in the fall of 2017 with the goal to inform the General Assembly and more broadly, government at all levels in Ohio, on this topic; the Report presents the information learned by the Committee as it examined autonomous and connected vehicle technologies; includes recommendations for the General Assembly.
343.094/Oh3LEASE-REVENUE OBLIGATIONS ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2019, 48 pp.
Issued in accordance with Revised Code chapters 154 and 152; concerns capital facilities for: higher education, mental health, parks and recreation, cultural and sports, state correctional, administrative, juvenile correctional, highway safety and transportation; includes Financial Statements, Supplementary Financial Information, and the Independent Auditors' Report thereon from Kennedy Cottrell Richards.
350.726/Oh3t/2019PROPOSED 2020 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, November 7, 2019, 7 pp.
Submitted in compliance with R.C. 5537.17; cover letter notes the proposed operating budget reflects a $4.2 million decrease in revenues and a $4.0 million increase in operating expenses from the last year's budget; cover letter also indicates the proposed capital expenditures include replacing 9.8 lane miles of the original concrete base pavement, resurfacing 93 lanes of roadway and 2 interchanges, replacing 10 bridge decks, rehabilitating 10 bridges, continuing the bridge painting program, and modernizing the toll collection system; includes tentative listing of all the capital projects planned for 2020.
350.87812771.Oh3a/Proposed 2020ANNUAL REPORT, August 2019, 10 pp.
Preliminary report with unaudited fiscal numbers and statistics (final report to be published in the fall); highlights accomplishments in 2018-2019; summarizes special investigative activities to detect fraud and activities to create an inclusive and diverse workplace.
368.477106/Oh3b/2019ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF 2019 PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS WITHOUT AN ASSOCIATED PHYSICAL INJURY: H.B. 308, August 23, 2019, 5 pp.
Required by R.C. 4121.125; estimates the potential costs of proposed H.B. 308 of the 133rd General Assembly on the workers' compensation system; prepared by Christopher S. Carlson and Daniel Meyers of the Bureau.
368/B89ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF 2019 PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS: H.B. 80, [no date], 4 pp.
Required by R.C. 4121.125; estimates the potential costs of proposed H.B. 80 of the 133rd General Assembly on the workers' compensation system; prepared by Christopher S. Carlson and Daniel Myers of the Bureau.
368/B89MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ANNUAL REPORT, September 3, 2019, 1 p.
Report required by R.C. 4123.446(B).
338.6422/Oh3m/2019