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Section 101.68(B) of the Revised Code requires that when reports must 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 LSC to monthly inform each member of the General Assembly of the reports received. Below is the annotated bibliography of reports recently submitted to LSC. The bibliography, 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 more information about this document.
ACADEMIC DISTRESS COMMISSIONS: REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AS REQUIRED BY OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 3302.101, March 2019, 20 pages
Report required by R.C. 3302.101 as passed by S.B. 216 of the 132nd General Assembly; presents the results of the review by the Superintendent of policies and procedures regarding academic distress commissions and his recommendations to improve each of the current academic distress commissions (East Cleveland City Schools, Lorain City School District, and Youngstown City Schools).
ANNUAL REPORT ON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FUNDS, December 2019, 9 pages
Report required by R.C. 3317.25; summarizes the initiatives of entities receiving economically disadvantaged funds that support economically disadvantaged students.
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP, JULY 1, 2018-JUNE 30, 2019, December 2019, 6 pages
Report required by R.C. 3314.029; states that during the 2018-2019 school year, the Office of School Sponsorship sponsored 33 schools, assuming five of these during the school year; notes due to the "significant increase in the number of sponsored schools over the last four years, the Office of School Sponsorship did not accept applications for new schools"; compares percentage of economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities at the sponsored schools with public schools and all community schools; lists each the sponsored school and provides a short description of its focus.
OHIO SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM: IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS, December 2019, 6 pages
Report required by R.C. 3313.818; report uses the following data measures: (1) number of students and participation rates in the free and reduced-price breakfast program for each school building, (2) type of breakfast model used by each school building taking part in the breakfast program, and (3) number of students and participation rates in free or reduced-price lunch for each school building; the full data set for each school building is on the Department's website, http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Student-Supports/Food-and-Nutrition/Resources-and-Tools-for-Food-and-Nutrition/MR81-Data-for-Free-and-Reduced-Price-Meal-Eligibil.
RECOMMENDATIONS ON OHIO'S KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENT, May 2019, 9 pages + 1 page cover letter
Report required by S.B. 216 of the 132nd General Assembly; the Superintendent of Public Instruction presents the four recommendations of the Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment Advisory Committee to improve the assessment of kindergarten readiness: (1) reduce the number of items within assessment, (2) shorten the timeframe for administration, (3) allow other educational professionals beyond the kindergarten teacher of record to administer and score the assessment, and (4) invest in the rebranding of the assessment so that the public and users understand what its purpose is and how it should be used by schools, teachers, and families; transmittal letter of the Superintendent indicates his support for all of the recommendations, but notes that recommendation number (2) requires legislative action.
FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR FY 2020, November 19, 2019, 2 pages + electronic file, zip file, size 6.33MB
Report required by 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; none of the institutions responded affirmatively to any of the questions; contact the LSC Library for copies of the individual university reports from Part Two.
CATALOG OF BUDGET LINE ITEMS (COBLI), 2019 edition, October 2019, 732 pages
Provides relevant information on every line item of a state agency; the catalog includes a table for each line item that indicates the fund to which the line item belongs, the line item number, the line item title, and a six-year funding history; includes a brief description of that line item, including the revenue source, legal basis, and purpose.
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NMVTIS STUDY COMMITTEE, December 16, 2019, 5 pages
Report required by Section 5, S.B. 263 of the 132nd General Assembly; includes names of members appointed by the Director of the Department of Public Safety; Committee's purpose was to study advantages and disadvantages of using information reported pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30504 that is included within the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System for making the decisions on the issuance of salvage certificates of title in Ohio; additionally charged to study the accuracy of the information, allowing public access to the information, and the use by other states; makes recommendations.
COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018, 168 pages
Contains photos of the Board of Trustees members and administrative staff; transmittal letter presents the highlights of the Fund's operations and history; includes a demographic and economic infographic detailing the number of retirees and benefits paid for each Ohio county; financial section presents the Independent Auditor's Report from the firm, RSM US LLP, management's discussion and analysis (unaudited), and other financial statements; includes additional unaudited sections: investment, actuarial, and statistical.
THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018, 232 pages
Contains photos of the Board of Trustees members and the leadership staff, and an organization chart; transmittal letter reviews the activities in 2018; financial section presents the Independent Auditors Report from the firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, management's discussion and analysis, and other financial statements; includes additional unaudited sections: actuarial, statistical, investment, and plan statement.
COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED December 31, 2018, 117 pages
Contains photos of the Board of Trustees members and senior staff, an organization chart, list of consultants and investment managers, and a summary of legislative changes; transmittal letter discusses its history, plan initiatives, investment overview, internal controls, and funding for the most recent year; financial section presents the Independent Auditor's Report from the firm Schneider Downs & Co., Inc., management's discussion and analysis and other financial reports; includes additional sections: investment, actuarial, and statistical.
ADOPTED 2020 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, December 18, 2019, 13 pages
Report required by R.C. 5537.17; certified copies of Resolution No. 63-2019 and 64-2019, adopting the Commission's annual operating and capital budgets.
FINAL REPORT, October 7, 2019, 70 pages
Report required by Section 3, H.B. 66 of the 132nd General Assembly; committee's stated purpose in the act is to "evaluate each state university's contribution to the undergraduate mission, including, but not limited to, its efforts to insure tenured faculty members participate in the undergraduate mission through face-to-face interaction with undergraduate students"; report presents the committee's findings around six specific requirements identified by the act.