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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.
ANNUAL REPORT 2021-2022 OF THE COLLEGE CREDIT PLUS PROGRAM, Year 7, 42 pages
Report required by R.C. 3365.15; information provided by the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; includes participation and performance data of students, along with program outcomes, involved in Ohio’s dual enrollment program since the fall of 2015 through spring 2022.
ANNUAL REPORT ON OHIO MEANS INTERNSHIPS AND CO-OPS, December 31, 2022, 10 pages
Report required by R.C. 3333.041; reports as directed by the statute on the academic and economic impact of Ohio's co-op internship program and includes specific information about: (1) the progress and performance metrics for each initiative that received an award in the previous fiscal year, (2) economic indicators of the impact of each initiative, and all initiatives as a whole, on the regional economies and the statewide economy, and 3) the Chancellor's strategy in allocating awards among state institutions of higher education and how the actual awards fit that strategy; states in this fiscal year, the Ohio Department of Higher Education did not receive an OMIC appropriation and made no awards, but previous awards are "still having an influence in student placements, as well as an economic impact;" includes tables that demonstrate the total placements at colleges from 2014 to the present and the major industries and occupations where colleges placed students.
OHIO REMEDIATION REPORT, December 2022, 22 pages
Report required by R.C. 3345.061 and 3333.041; reports on the numbers and percentages of first-time Ohio high school graduates enrolled in remedial mathematics and English at Ohio's state-assisted colleges and universities; includes enrollment numbers and remediation rates disaggregated by race and ethnicity and by economic status; data at the district and school level can be viewed at https://highered.ohio.gov/data-reports/key-topic-areas/dr-college-readiness/data-reports-college-readiness
OHIO TUITION TRUST AUTHORITY INVESTMENT MANAGERS, January 6, 2023, 2 pages
Report required by R.C. 3333.041; provides the required information, related to minority and women's business enterprises, for investment managers for both the Guaranteed Savings Fund and the Variable Savings Fund: BlackRock, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Fifth Third, SSgA (all publically held), Vanguard (client-owned) and Loomis Sayles (a wholly-owned subsidiary); explains how investment managent companies are chosen; describes the barriers to reporting the required demographic information.
MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS REPORT, 2022, 13 pages
Report required by R.C. 3333.0418; requires the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Education (ODHE) to issue a report about the mental health and wellness services and initiatives provided to both students and employees of state institutions of higher education, including: a description of each institution's mental health and wellness services and initiatives, a summary of how much funding each institution dedicates to mental health and wellness services and initiatives, and other information the Chancellor deems appropriate.
CHOOSE OHIO FIRST 2021-2022 ANNUAL REPORT, December 2022, 12 pages
Report required by R.C. 3333.041; summarizes the Chancellor’s strategies in assigning Choose Ohio First scholarships that support postsecondary students studying STEMM fields and STEMM education; describes how the awards are consistent with those strategies; in 2021-22, the average scholarship at a four-year institution was $4,324 and the average scholarship at a two-year college was $2,226.
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE INCENTIVE STUDY FINAL REPORT, DECEMBER 28, 2022, 67 pages
Report required by Section 757.30 in H.B. 110 of the 134th General Assembly; study examines: whether allowing an incentive such as a tax credit or other incentive based on the cost an individual incurs to purchase long term care insurance (LTCI) would increase the number of Ohioans that purchase such insurance, whether employers or other group insurance plan providers should be able to purchase LTCI policies for their employees or members, and whether allowing an incentive such as a tax credit or other incentive to such employers or providers would increase the number of Ohioans with such insurance, whether hybrid life insurance policies should be included in the state long-term care (LTC) partnership program, and incentive options and a range of incentive amounts, if any, that could effectively increase the number of Ohioans that purchase LTCI; report prepared by PFM Group Consulting LLC.
BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE OHIO JUDICIAL CONFERENCE, 2021-2022, and LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, 2023-2024, January 2023, 22 pages
Report required by R.C. 105.95; names Conference officers (includes pictures); lists executive committee members; identifies staff (with pictures); reprints statutes governing the Judicial Conference; summarizes legislative activities; identifies legislative platform proposals for 2023-2024; includes summary reports from 20 committees.