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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.
PERFORMANCE FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, October 22, 2024, 13 pages
Report required by H.B. 525 of the 129th General Assembly (2011-2012) and R.C. 3311.741; rates the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, both district schools and partnered/sponsored charters, on a scale of 1-5 stars for metrics found in the state report cards; the district received an overall rating of 3 stars, meeting state standards for the first time in the history of the modern state report card.
FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, November 19, 2024, 18 pages + electronic file, zip file, 9.18MB
Report required by R.C. 3345.72; contains responses to 13 questions, designed to probe for serious cash flow problems, answered by the campus fiscal officer of all 36 of Ohio's public institutions of higher education for which the desired answer is no; Central State University and Columbus State Community College answered yes to at least 1 of the 13 questions; contains documents related to the Declaration of Fiscal Watch for Central State University; contact the LSC Library for copies of individual university reports.
AMENDED SENATE BILL 9 REPORT OF AGENCY INVENTORIES OF REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS, September 15, 2024, 45 pages + 2 page addendum
Report required by R.C. 101.354; aggregation of regulatory reduction progress reports from all revelant agencies; form of report may vary each year, appearing as a table displaying statistics of the number of rules and restrictions per agency, or a questionnaire with detailed descriptions of each agency's decision-making process. Additional two-page addendum contains updated response from the Department of Development.
STATE SPENDING BY COUNTY, FY 2024, 211 pages
Uses data from state agencies and the Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS) to provide a picture of how state funds are distributed among Ohio's 88 counties; focuses on two types of expenditures made by state agencies: subsidy and capital; classifies state subsidy and capital disbursements into seven categories: education, general government, health and human services, justice and corrections, transportation and infrastructure, revenue distribution, and "COVID-19 Relief" distributions.
OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION: A GUIDE TO STATE LAWS ON THE PRACTICE OF REGULATED OCCUPATIONS, 2024, 1206 pages
Report required by R.C. 103.27; this third edition of the report, covering 33% of the state's current regulated occupations, is intended to assist the General Assembly in its review of associated agencies and occupational licensing boards; describes process used to assemble information to prepare the reports; report is accessible in sections at lsc.ohio.gov/publications/occupational-regulation.
REPORT ON JMOC LIMIT FOR THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR THE FY 2026-2027 BUDGET, November 5, 2024, 43 pages
Report required by R.C. 103.414; JMOC selected as the medical inflation rate, also known as the JMOC rates, 3.8% for FY 2026 and 3.7% for FY 2027; included is a report by CBIZ Optumas, an outside actuarial firm, summarizing its projections and methodology used to develop the JMOC rates.
SUNSET REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT, 2024, 134 pages
Report required by R.C. 101.84; report issued by the Committee typically appears in the form of a bill draft voted on by the members of the Committee; included with the bill draft is a Legislative Service Commission analysis summarizing the agencies recommended for abolishment and renewal, as well as other actions recommended by the Committee.