Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Wendy Zhan, Director
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Legislative Budget
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Agency Reports Submitted to the General Assembly

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.

BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, OHIO.

ACTUARIAL ESTIMATE OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION: PRESUMPTIVE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19, September 16, 2020, 8 pages, plus transmittal letter, dated October 30, 2020 

Report required by R.C. 4121.125(C)(6) and (7), that requires the BWC Board of Directors to have prepared, by or under the supervision of an actuary, an actuarial analysis of any introduced legislation expected to have a measurable financial impact on the workers' compensation system; covers House Bills 571, 573, 605, 633, 667, and 668 of the 133rd General Assembly (2019-2020); prepared by Christopher Carlson, Chief Actuarial Officer, and Daniel Myers, Senior Director of Actuarial Analysis, of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

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CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

PERFORMANCE FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, October 27, 2020, 5 pages

Required by H.B. 525 of the 129th General Assembly (2011-2012); explains that the usual report relies on state assessments that were not given this year due to COVID-19; for the metrics that are available it reports increases in the transfer of total district and school budgets under the control of principals, a small increase in preschool enrollment, and increases in the number of students taking the ACT and SAT and scoring at the remediation-free level; also adds that the graduation rate is 80.1 percent. 

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EDUCATION, OHIO. DEPT. OF

TWELFTH-GRADERS WITHOUT A DIPLOMA: COMMITTEE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, 2020, 15 pages

Report required by Section 733.51 of H.B. 166 of the 133rd General Assembly (2019-2020); legislation directed the formation of a study group to make recommendations as follows: additional assistance and supports to aid students who completed the twelfth grade, but did not meet the graduation requirements to achieve a high school diploma, amount of state funding necessary to ensure the adequate operation of the identified assistance and supports, methods to minimize the social stigma associated with not graduating on time, and changes to the Revised Code or the Administrative Code necessary to implement the identified assistance and supports; describes process followed and presents data findings; identifies promising local practices at Vanguard-Sentinel Career & Technology Centers and Westerville City Schools; suggests more widespread implementation of dropout prevention and recovery progams already permitted in Ohio law; makes five recommendations, with number five being the need for continued study.

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LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION, OHIO. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

CATALOG OF BUDGET LINE ITEMS (COBLI), 2020 edition, October 2020, 741 pages

Prepared by the Legislative Budget Office of the Legislative Service Commission; provides relevant information on every line item of a state agency; 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.

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LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION, OHIO. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

OHIO FACTS: A BROAD OVERVIEW OF OHIO'S ECONOMY, PUBLIC FINANCE, AND MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, 2020 edition, 111 pages

Prepared by the Legislative Budget Office of the Legislative Service Commission; this edition is grouped into eight categories: demographics, economy, natural resources and environment, public finances, K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, and justice and public safety systems; in topic areas it offers a series of charts and tables that are generally expanded upon by brief comments and based upon the most up-to-date data available.  

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