Effective: September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
Each fiscal agent selected by the department of education pursuant to section 3312.07 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following:
(A) Enter into performance contracts with the department in accordance with section 3312.09 of the Revised Code for the implementation of state and regional education initiatives and school improvement efforts;
(B) Receive federal and state funds, including federal funds for the provision of special education and related services, as specified in the performance contracts, and disburse those funds as specified in the performance contracts to educational service centers, information technology centers, and other regional service providers. However, any funds owed to an educational service center in accordance with an agreement entered into under section 3313.843, 3313.844, or 3313.845 of the Revised Code shall be paid directly to the service center by the department and any operating funds appropriated for an information technology center shall be paid directly to the information technology center by the department pursuant to section 3301.075 of the Revised Code.
(C) Implement any expenditure of funds recommended by the advisory council for the region pursuant to section 3312.04 of the Revised Code or required by the terms of any performance contract, unless there are insufficient funds available to the region to pay for the expenditure or the expenditure violates a provision of the Revised Code, a rule of the state board of education regarding such expenditure, or the terms of a performance contract;
(D) Exercise fiscal oversight of the implementation of state and regional education initiatives and school improvement efforts.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 33 | Education-Libraries
Chapter 3312 | Educational Regional Service System
Section 3312.01 | Educational Regional Service System Created.
Section 3312.02 | Educational Regional Service System Regions.
Section 3312.03 | Regional Advisory Councils.
Section 3312.04 | Duties of Regional Advisory Councils.
Section 3312.05 | Subcommittees of Regional Councils.
Section 3312.06 | Recommendations of Regional Council Subcommittees.
Section 3312.07 | Selection of Fiscal Agent for Region.
Section 3312.08 | Duties of Regional Fiscal Agent - Performance Contracts.
Section 3312.09 | Contents of Performance Contracts - Internet Posting of Evaluations.
Section 3312.10 | Agreement With Data Acquisition Site.
Section 3312.13 | Department to Consider Regional Needs in Allocating Funds.