HB 336 Summary

• Enacts sections 103.44-103.50 of the Revised Code to reinstate the Joint Education Oversight Committee as a bicameral legislative committee with 5 House and 5 Senate members (3 majority, 2 minority from each chamber).

• Authorizes the committee to research, review, and analyze education policy issues; evaluate education programs at school districts, public schools, and higher education institutions receiving state funding; and prepare reports with recommendations to the General Assembly.

• Grants the committee authority to review bills and resolutions regarding education, request data from state agencies and political subdivisions, and require testimony from the superintendent of public instruction and chancellor of higher education.

• Establishes committee structure with chairperson and ranking member designations alternating between chambers in odd/even years, monthly meetings, and $150 per diem compensation for members on non-voting session days.

• Appropriates $378,668 in General Revenue Fund operating expenses for fiscal years 2020-2021 and declares the measure an emergency law effective immediately.