3301.68 Legislative committee on education oversight.
There is hereby created the legislative committee on education oversight as a subcommittee of the legislative service commission. The committee shall consist of five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and five members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate. Not more than three of the members appointed from each house shall be members of the same political party. Members shall serve during the term of office to which they were elected. The committee, subject to the oversight and direction of the legislative service commission, shall direct the work of the legislative office of education oversight, which is hereby established. The committee may employ a staff director and such other staff as are necessary for the operation of the office, who shall be in the unclassified service of the state, and may contract for the services of whatever technical advisors are necessary for the committee and the office to carry out their duties. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the legislative service commission shall fix the compensation of the director. The director, with the approval of the director of the legislative service commission, shall fix the compensation of other staff of the office in accordance with a salary schedule established by the director of the legislative service commission. Contracts for the services of necessary technical advisors shall be approved by the director of the legislative service commission. All expenses incurred by the committee or office shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the chairperson of the committee. The committee shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business and the election of officers, except that the office of chairperson of the committee shall alternate each general assembly between a member of the house of representatives selected by the speaker and a member of the senate selected by the president. The committee shall select, for the office to review and evaluate, education and school-related programs that receive state financial assistance in any form. The reviews and evaluations may include any of the following:
(A) Assessment of the uses school districts and institutions of higher education make of state money they receive and determination of the extent to which such money improves school district or institutional performance in the areas for which the money was intended to be used;
(B) Determination of whether an education program meets its intended goals, has adequate operating or administrative procedures and fiscal controls, encompasses only authorized activities, has any undesirable or unintended effects, and is efficiently managed;
(C) Examination of various pilot programs developed and initiated in school districts and at state-assisted colleges and universities to determine whether such programs suggest innovative, effective ways to deal with problems that may exist in other school districts or state-assisted colleges or universities, and to assess the fiscal costs and likely impact of adopting such programs throughout the state or in other state-assisted colleges and universities. The committee shall report the results of each program review the office conducts to the general assembly. If the general assembly directs the legislative office of education oversight to submit a study to the general assembly by a particular date, the committee, upon a majority vote of its members, may modify the scope and due date of the study to accommodate the availability of data and resources.
3301.68 Legislative committee on education oversight.
There is hereby created the legislative committee on education oversight as a subcommittee of the legislative service commission. The committee shall consist of five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and five members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate. Not more than three of the members appointed from each house shall be members of the same political party. Members shall serve during the term of office to which they were elected. The committee, subject to the oversight and direction of the legislative service commission, shall direct the work of the legislative office of education oversight, which is hereby established. The committee may employ a staff director and such other staff as are necessary for the operation of the office, who shall be in the unclassified service of the state, and may contract for the services of whatever technical advisors are necessary for the committee and the office to carry out their duties. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the legislative service commission shall fix the compensation of the director. The director, with the approval of the director of the legislative service commission, shall fix the compensation of other staff of the office in accordance with a salary schedule established by the director of the legislative service commission. Contracts for the services of necessary technical advisors shall be approved by the director of the legislative service commission. All expenses incurred by the committee or office shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the chairperson of the committee. The committee shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business and the election of officers, except that the office of chairperson of the committee shall alternate each general assembly between a member of the house of representatives selected by the speaker and a member of the senate selected by the president. The committee shall select, for the office to review and evaluate, education and school-related programs that receive state financial assistance in any form. The reviews and evaluations may include any of the following:
(A) Assessment of the uses school districts and institutions of higher education make of state money they receive and determination of the extent to which such money improves school district or institutional performance in the areas for which the money was intended to be used;
(B) Determination of whether an education program meets its intended goals, has adequate operating or administrative procedures and fiscal controls, encompasses only authorized activities, has any undesirable or unintended effects, and is efficiently managed;
(C) Examination of various pilot programs developed and initiated in school districts and at state-assisted colleges and universities to determine whether such programs suggest innovative, effective ways to deal with problems that may exist in other school districts or state-assisted colleges or universities, and to assess the fiscal costs and likely impact of adopting such programs throughout the state or in other state-assisted colleges and universities. The committee shall report the results of each program review the office conducts to the general assembly. If the general assembly directs the legislative office of education oversight to submit a study to the general assembly by a particular date, the committee, upon a majority vote of its members, may modify the scope and due date of the study to accommodate the availability of data and resources.
3301.68 Legislative committee on education oversight.
There is hereby created the legislative committee on education oversight as a subcommittee of the legislative service commission. The committee shall consist of five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and five members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate. Not more than three of the members appointed from each house shall be members of the same political party. Members shall serve during the term of office to which they were elected. The committee, subject to the oversight and direction of the legislative service commission, shall direct the work of the legislative office of education oversight, which is hereby established. The committee may employ a staff director and such other staff as are necessary for the operation of the office, who shall be in the unclassified service of the state, and may contract for the services of whatever technical advisors are necessary for the committee and the office to carry out their duties. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the legislative service commission shall fix the compensation of the director. The director, with the approval of the director of the legislative service commission, shall fix the compensation of other staff of the office in accordance with a salary schedule established by the director of the legislative service commission. Contracts for the services of necessary technical advisors shall be approved by the director of the legislative service commission. All expenses incurred by the committee or office shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the chairperson of the committee. The committee shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business and the election of officers, except that the office of chairperson of the committee shall alternate each general assembly between a member of the house of representatives selected by the speaker and a member of the senate selected by the president. The committee shall select, for the office to review and evaluate, education and school-related programs that receive state financial assistance in any form. The reviews and evaluations may include any of the following:
(A) Assessment of the uses school districts and institutions of higher education make of state money they receive and determination of the extent to which such money improves school district or institutional performance in the areas for which the money was intended to be used;
(B) Determination of whether an education program meets its intended goals, has adequate operating or administrative procedures and fiscal controls, encompasses only authorized activities, has any undesirable or unintended effects, and is efficiently managed;
(C) Examination of various pilot programs developed and initiated in school districts and at state-assisted colleges and universities to determine whether such programs suggest innovative, effective ways to deal with problems that may exist in other school districts or state-assisted colleges or universities, and to assess the fiscal costs and likely impact of adopting such programs throughout the state or in other state-assisted colleges and universities. The committee shall report the results of each program review the office conducts to the general assembly. If the general assembly directs the legislative office of education oversight to submit a study to the general assembly by a particular date, the committee, upon a majority vote of its members, may modify the scope and due date of the study to accommodate the availability of data and resources.
