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...The director of education and workforce shall appoint a supervisor of agricultural education within the department of education and workforce. The supervisor shall be responsible for administering and disseminating to school districts information about agricultural education. The supervisor also may serve as the chair of the board of trustees of the Ohio FFA association, and may assist with the association's programs...

...As used in sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code: (A) "Eligible individual with a disability" means an individual who has a physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results in a substantial impediment to employment and who requires vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain, advance in, or regain employment. (B) "Physical or mental impairment" means any physiological, menta...

... federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 20 U.S.C. 1400; (2) A full-time employee of a client assistance program described in 34 C.F.R. 370.1; (3) A vocational counselor who has knowledge of and experience with vocational rehabilitation services; (4) An individual who represents community rehabilitation program service providers; (5) Four individuals each representing business, industry, or...

...The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council shall hold its first meeting at the call of the governor. Regular meetings shall be held not less than four times a year. Special meetings may be held with the approval of the governor. Eight members constitute a quorum. The council, by a majority vote, shall select one of its members to serve as its chairperson. The member selected shall serve as chairper...

...ubmit to the United States secretary of education an annual report on the progress made in improving the program's effectiveness as part of the unified or combined state plan; (5) Advise the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency regarding vocational rehabilitation program activities; (6) Assist the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency in the preparation of the vocational rehabilitation ...

...(A) There is hereby created the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. The agency is the designated state unit authorized under the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 355, 29 U.S.C. 701, as amended, to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals with disabilities. (B) The governor shall appoint an executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency to ...

...The executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall establish administrative subdivisions as necessary or appropriate to carry out the agency's functions and duties, but there shall be a bureau of services for the visually impaired and a bureau of vocational rehabilitation, each of which has as its head a deputy director appointed by the executive director. The executive direc...

...The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to all eligible individuals with disabilities, including any eligible individual with a disability who is eligible under the terms of an agreement or arrangement with another state or with the federal government. If vocational rehabilitation services cannot be provided to all eligible individuals with disabilities ...

...(A) As used in this section, "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each eligible individual receiving vocational rehabilitation services provided under section 3304.17 of the Revised Code shall create an account with the OhioMeansJobs web site upon initiation of a job search as a part of receiving those vocational rehabilitation services. (C) Division (B) of th...

...The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all moneys received from the federal government for vocational rehabilitation services programs and shall disburse the money upon the certification of the executive director of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. If federal funds are not available to the state for vocational rehabilitation services, the governor shall include as part of the governor...

...If the total of all funds available from nonfederal sources to support the activities of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency does not comply with the expenditure requirements of 34 C.F.R. 361.60 and 361.62 for those activities or would cause the state to lose an allotment or fail to receive a reallotment under 34 C.F.R. 361.65, the agency may solicit additional funds from, and enter into agre...

...Any agreement between the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency and a private or public entity providing funds under section 3304.181 of the Revised Code may permit the agency to receive a specified percentage of the funds, but the percentage shall be not more than twenty-five per cent of the total funds available under the agreement. The agency may terminate an agreement at any time for just cause. It m...

...Any maintenance provided under sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable or rights existing under this chapter are subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

...Any eligible individual with a disability applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation services who is dissatisfied with regard to the furnishing or denial of vocational rehabilitation services, may file a request for an administrative review and redetermination of that action in accordance with rules of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency. When the eligible individual with a disability is d...

...No person shall, except for the purposes of sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code, and in accordance with the rules established by the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of names or information concerning eligible individuals with disabilities applying for or receiving a...

...No officer or employee of the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities council, the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, or any person engaged in the administration of a vocational rehabilitation services program sponsored by or affiliated with the state shall use or permit the use of any vocational rehabilitation services program for the purpose of interfering with an election for any partisan pol...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Clinical nurse specialist" and "certified nurse practitioner" have the same meanings as in section 4723.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Communication disability" means a human condition involving an impairment in the human's ability to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems that may result in a primary disability or may be seco...

...Each October during national disability employment awareness month, the governor shall present an award to employers who meet the criteria for having a workplace inclusive of individuals with disabilities. The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency shall determine the inclusive workplace criteria to be used to recommend employers for the award.

...All vocational rehabilitation services made available under sections 3304.11 to 3304.27 of the Revised Code, are made available subject to amendment or repeal of those sections, and no eligible individual with a disability shall have any claim by reason of the eligible individual's vocational rehabilitation services being affected in any way by such an amendment or repeal.

...As used in sections 3304.28 to 3304.34 of the Revised Code: (A) "Suitable vending facility" means automatic vending machines, cafeterias, snack bars, cart service shelters, counters, and other appropriate auxiliary food service equipment determined to be necessary by the bureau of services for the visually impaired for the automatic or manual dispensing of foods, beverages, and other such commodities for sale by ind...

...The bureau of services for the visually impaired shall: (A) Survey suitable vending facility concession opportunities for individuals who are blind on governmental property; (B) Obtain and make public, information concerning employment opportunities for individuals who are blind in suitable vending facilities; (C) License individuals who are blind to operate suitable vending facilities on governmental property; (...

...Every person in charge of governmental property to be substantially renovated or who is responsible for the acquisition, lease, or rental of such property shall consult with the director of the bureau of services for the visually impaired prior to such renovation, acquisition, lease, or rental to determine if sufficient numbers of persons will be using such property to support a suitable vending facility. If the dire...

...(A) Licenses issued by the bureau of services for the visually impaired under section 3304.29 of the Revised Code shall be in effect until suspended or revoked. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the bureau may deny, revoke, or suspend a license or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proof that the licensee is guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure a license, is guilty of a ...

...If a dispute concerning the establishment of a suitable vending facility arises or if the bureau of services for the visually impaired determines that a department, agency, or governmental unit in control of governmental property has not complied with sections 3304.29 to 3304.34 of the Revised Code, an administrative hearing shall be held. The hearing shall be conducted by a board, which shall consist of one person d...

...No private contract or concession to operate a vending facility on governmental property shall be granted unless the bureau of services for the visually impaired has determined that such facility is not a satisfactory site for a suitable vending facility operated by a blind licensee. Nothing in sections 3304.29 to 3304.34 of the Revised Code shall be construed to impair any valid contract existing prior to August 19,...