OHIO SUNSHINE LAWS: AN OPEN GOVERNMENT RESOURCE MANUAL, 2022, March 2022, 145 pages + Appendices volume, 66 pages.

Assembled annually by the Attorney General's Office; its purpose is to assist citizens seeking answers and public employees responding to requests; updated to reflect statutory changes and legal decisions from the previous year concerning Ohio's public records and open meetings laws; notes it is not to be considered a substitute for legal advice: appendices include a listing of statutory exemptions not contained in R.C. 149.43 and brief summaries of Ohio Attorney General opinions interpreting Ohio's Public Records Act and Open Meetings Act.

STATISTICS ON CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES IN OHIO, 2021 [February 2022], 28 pages

Report required by R.C. 109.731; represents annual compilation of statistics submitted to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission by Ohio sheriffs on the number of concealed carry licenses issued, renewed, suspended, and revoked, and applications denied; ranks counties as "the most" or "the fewest" in each category; provides statistics for each county; identifies 36 states with reciprocity agreements that allow Ohio permit holders to carry concealed handguns.

ANNUAL REPORT, 2021, 120 pages

Documents actions taken by Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) in FY 2021; BWC approved 65,602 new claims, a decrease of 5,917 from FY 2020; sections describe activities of the Health Partnership Program, Division of Safety & Hygiene, and Industrial Commission; contains audited financial statements.

ESTIMATED UNPAID LOSS AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES AS OF 6-30-2021, August, 2021, 11 pages

Report required by R.C. 4121.125; summary of the 2021 annual actuarial analysis of unpaid liabilities of the state insurance funds and all other funds under chapters 4121, 4123, 4127, and 4131; includes funds and components evaluated, description of actuarial methods and assumptions used, and schedule showing differences in estimates since previous report.

KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 4 LITERACY REPORT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2020-2021, January 2022, 7 pages

Report required by R.C. 3313.608; reports to extent possible: (1) number and percentages students who are reading below grade level by assessment and performance level, (2) reading achievement progress for students on reading improvement and monitoring plans in Ohio, and (3) types of intervention services provided to students by school districts and community schools; certain data unavailable for inclusion due to the cancellation testing in the Spring of 2020 and Section 18 of H.B. 409 of the 133rd General Assembly that eliminated the requirement to submit Reading Improvement Plans in 2021. Accompanied by Excel spreadsheet of masked data (speadsheet will automatically download).

OHIO ATTAINMENT 2021, [January 2022], 18 pages

Report required by R.C. 3333.0415; prepared in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Education; updates the status of attaining the percentage of adults in Ohio with a college degree, industry certificate, or other postsecondary creditial to 65% by 2025; identifies different areas of improvement necessary to reach goal, and outlines programs, initiatives, and processes in place to assist in postsecondary attainment efforts.

OHIO ED PREP: MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF EDUCATION PREPARATION PROGRAMS, 2021, 29 pages

Report required by R.C. 3333.048; report on educator preparation program metrics aligned with the standards and qualifications for educator licenses adopted by the State Board of Education; charts contain aggregate data for all graduates statewide and by institution and program area, collected for each metric, in areas such as Field and Clinical Experience, Principal Intern Survey results, and Ohio Teacher Licensure Examination Pass Rates.

REPORT ON LONG-TERM-FUNDING OF POLICE TRAINING, MARCH 1, 2022, 114 pages

Created by Am. Sub. H.B. 110 of the 134th General Assembly. Studied long-term and sustainable methods of funding the training of peace officers and troopers required under R.C 109.803, focusing primarily on continuing professional training (CPT), specifically the amount, cost, and identification of a dedicated and sustainable funding stream; recommends all existing certified peace officers and state troopers statewide be required annually to complete up to 40 hours of continuing professional training, the Legislature earmark at least $40 million per fiscal year to cover the costs of statewide training, and the Legislature consider instituting a surcharge on certain insurance premiums to raise the necessary proceeds to fund CPT.

CATALOG OF BUDGET LINE ITEMS (COBLI), 2021 edition, October 2021, 717 pages

Prepared by the Legislative Budget Office of the Legislative Service Commission; 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.

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL 512, February 2022, 4 pages

Report required by R.C. 742.14; actuarial analysis summarizing H.B. 512 of the 134th General Assembly that would increase employer contribution rates for the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund.

ANNUAL REPORT, 2021: EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, 133RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JANUARY 1, 2021-DECEMBER 31, 2021, March 30, 2022, 25 pages

Report required by R.C. 171.04; includes progress of each fund on achieving 30-year funding plans, information on the retirement systems' investment performance, and the status of health care funds; summarizes enacted pension legislation; summarizes pending pension-related issues, as identified in 2014, the agency's recommendations, and the status of any actions taken in the 134th General Assembly; describes documents statutorily required to be submitted to the Council by the retirement systems; describes reports prepared by the Council; includes status sheet of pension legislation for the 134th General Assembly.  

SELF-INSURED JUDGES' LIABILITY PROGRAM: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS OF LOSS AND ALLOCATED LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSE RESERVES AS OF MARCH 31, 2020, 90 pages

Acutarial audit performed by Ernst & Young; estimates of the unpaid loss and allocated loss adjustment expenses limited to the Program's self-insured retentions for event years 2012 through 2020, evaluated as of March 31, 2020; contains an estimate of ultimate loss and allocated loss adjustment expenses for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021.

FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT RESERVE FUND, March 2022, 3 pages

Report required by R.C. 9.823(D); details the amount of reserves and the disbursments made from the reserves.

SELF-INSURED VEHICLE LIABILITY PROGRAM: ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS OF LOSS AND ALLOCATED LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSE RESERVES, AS OF MARCH 31, 2020, June 2020, 56 pages

Actuarial audit performed by Ernst & Young; projection for the Program's self-insured vehicle liability exposures using data from unpaid claim estimates for vehicle liability claims incurred from July 1, 2004, through March 31, 2020, and evaluated as of March 31, 2020; includes an ultimate loss and ALAE estimate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS REPORT OF SENATE BILL 280 AND HOUSE BILL 562, February 2022, 38 pages

Report required by R.C. 3307.51; actuarial analysis summarizing S.B. 280 and H.B. 562 of the 134th General Assembly that would amend R.C. 3307.67 regarding adjustments by the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) to the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA); contains an analysis of the financial impact of both bills and a summary of assumptions and methods used to produce the analysis.

ANNUAL REPORT, 2021, 189 pages

Report required by R.C. 5703.42; describes the Department's activities in FY 2021; provides brief fiscal information about the Department; describes the responsibilities of certain staff and its divisions; provides detailed descriptions of the tax base, rates, and provisions of each of the state taxes and three revenue sharing funds administered by the Department, and 14 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.

ANNUAL REPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2021, 16 pages

Heavily designed with infographics to convey: table of organization, map of central and district offices; FY 2021 construction summaries and financial statements; critical success factors displayed on a dashboard with an indication of whether goals were met or not.

FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2021, 59 pages

Appeared on the December 1, 2021 report; recently reissued with updated categorization of the capital highway construction categories on page 3. Attached report replaces the December 2021 release.

Uses tables, graphs, and charts to present detailed information about funding sources (state, federal, and bonds) and operating and capital appropriation uses; devotes one section to the State Infrastructure Bank; appendix includes a map and contact information for district offices, a list of contracts awarded in FY 2021 by district, maintenance responsibility guidelines, information about the collection and distribution of the state motor fuel tax and vehicle registration fees, descriptions of apportionment formulas for federal highway aid and federal transit programs, and maps of transit systems projects, airport improvements, and active railroads.