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...(A) This section establishes standards and conditions for rating the following early learning and development programs in the step up to quality program: (1) A licensed child care center operating a head start or early head start program; (2) A licensed child care center accredited by the national association for the education of young children, or its successor organization; (3) A licensed type A or type B fam...

...nation of federal and state funding for publicly funded child care in this state. Publicly funded child care shall be provided to the following: (1) Recipients of transitional child care as provided under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code; (2) Participants in the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (3) Individuals who would be participating in the Ohio works first ...

...mily child care homes for recipients of publicly funded child care. A program established under this section may include any of the following: (A) Recruitment of parents interested in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family child care home; (B) Provision of technical assistance in organizing a parent cooperative child care center or parent cooperative type A family ...

...ition to establishing payment rates for publicly funded child care providers in each odd-numbered year, as required by section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth may contract with a third-party entity to analyze information regarding the prices charged for child care for the subsequent even-numbered year.

...(A) Publicly funded child care may be provided only by the following: (1) Any of the following licensed by the department of children and youth pursuant to section 5104.03 of the Revised Code or pursuant to rules adopted under section 5104.018 of the Revised Code: (a) A child care center, including a parent cooperative child care center; (b) A type A family child care home, including a parent cooperative typ...

...(A) All purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a contract entered into by a licensed child care center, licensed type A family child care home, licensed type B family child care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool program, licensed school child program, or border state child care provider and the department of children and youth. All contracts for publicly fu...

...n making eligibility determinations for publicly funded child care. The form shall be as brief and simple as practicable. (B) In administering the process of applying for publicly funded child care, the county department of job and family services shall implement policies designed to ensure that the application process is as accessible to the public as possible. These policies shall include making the application ...

...aking determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care. Under those procedures, the eligibility determination for each applicant shall be made no later than thirty calendar days from the date the county department receives a completed application for publicly funded child care. Each applicant shall be notified promptly of the results of the eligibility determination. An applicant aggrieved by a decision o...

...section 5104.34 of the Revised Code for publicly funded child care is valid for one year. (B) The county department of job and family services shall adjust the appropriate level of a fee charged under division (B) of section 5104.34 of the Revised Code if a caretaker parent reports changes in income, family size, or both.

...gift, grant, or other funds from either public or private sources offered unconditionally or under conditions which are, in the judgment of the department, proper and consistent with this chapter and deposit the funds in the county public assistance fund established by section 5101.161 of the Revised Code; (2) Recruit individuals and groups interested in certification as in-home aides or in developing and operatin...

...The licensee or administrator of a child care center, type A family child care home, or licensed type B family child care home, an in-home aide providing child care services, the director or administrator of an approved child day camp, and a border state child care provider shall keep a record for each eligible child enrolled with the center, home, in-home aide, camp, or provider, to be made available to the county d...

...(A) In addition to the duties described in division (D) of section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, the director of children and youth shall engage in activities to do the following: (1) Encourage the establishment and licensure of family child care homes in this state, especially in areas with the greatest need for child care; (2) Connect families and caretaker parents in need of child care with family child care ho...

...ial and administrative requirements for publicly funded child care and establishing all of the following: (A) Procedures and criteria to be used in making determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care that give priority to children of families with lower incomes and procedures and criteria for eligibility for publicly funded protective child care or homeless child care. The rules shall specify the m...

...tablishing criteria for eligibility for publicly funded child care, the director of children and youth may prescribe the amount, duration, and scope of benefits available as publicly funded child care.

...ure for monitoring the expenditures for publicly funded child care to ensure that expenditures do not exceed the available federal and state funds for publicly funded child care. The department of children and youth, with the assistance of the office of budget and management, shall monitor the anticipated future expenditures for publicly funded child care and shall compare those anticipated future expenditures to ava...

...le adopted under this chapter regarding publicly funded child care until the later of thirty days after the effective date of the rule or thirty days after the county department receives notice of the rule if such notification is required under this chapter.

...etaker who are otherwise ineligible for publicly funded child care are eligible for homeless child care for twelve months.

...de establishing a payment procedure for publicly funded child care. (B) The director, by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may establish a methodology for allocating the state and federal funds appropriated for publicly funded child care.

...ource for child care services into the public assistance fund established under section 5101.161 of the Revised Code.

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the department of children and youth shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...The department of children and youth shall license a preschool program pursuant to sections 3301.52 to 3301.59 of the Revised Code.

...dergarten readiness assessment shall be public records. (B) When the kindergarten readiness assessment has been completed, the department shall inform all school districts of its completion and the department shall make the kindergarten readiness assessment available to districts at no cost to the district. (C) School districts shall administer the kindergarten readiness assessment pursuant to section 3301.0715...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "IEP" has the same meaning as in section 3323.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Resource caregiver" has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The early childhood education grant program is created in the department of children and youth. Subject to available funds, the program shall support and invest in early learning and development programs operating in t...

...(A) The child care cred program is created in the department of children and youth, under which the costs of child care are shared by participating employees, their employers, and, subject to available funds, the department. The distribution of the costs shall be as follows: employees are responsible for forty per cent; employers are responsible for forty per cent; and, subject to available funds, the department is r...

...The director of children and youth shall contract with a third-party entity to develop a registry information system to provide, on an ongoing basis, training and professional development opportunities to the employees of early learning and development programs that receive funding under the child care block grant act. The registry information system shall be known as the Ohio professional registry. In developing t...

...on of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work; (10) The operation of trailers that are all of the following: (a) Designed and used exclusively to transport a single boat between the following that are not more than ten miles apart: (i) A place of storage; (ii) A marina, or a place that is in and around a marina ; (b) Drawn or towed within this state on a public road or highway at a speed of twen...

...has a current and valid certificate of public convenience and necessity. (B) The public utilities commission shall issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to any person who does all of the following: (1) Files with the commission, in accordance with rules adopted under section 4921.05 of the Revised Code, a complete and accurate application that shall include a certification that (a) the pers...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt rules prescribing the manner and form in which a person shall apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include a requirement that applications be made in writing on the blanks furnished by the commission and contain any information and certifications deemed necessary by the commission to car...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules regarding procedures and timelines by which a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code may be suspended. At a minimum, the rules shall require suspension of a certificate if the for-hire motor carrier does any of the following: (1) Fails to file a complete and accurate application for the certificate ...

...(A) No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued by the public utilities commission to any for-hire motor carrier until the carrier has filed with the commission a liability insurance certificate, policy, or bond satisfactory to the commission, in the sum and with the provisions the commission considers necessary adequately to protect the interests of the public, having due regard for the ...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to registration pursuant to the unified carrier registration plan, codified as 49 U.S.C. 14504a, and the rules, procedures, and fee schedules adopted thereunder, in accordance with division (G) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to the filing of annual update forms and the payment of taxes by for-hire motor carriers. The rules shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. The rules shall at a minimum address all of the following: (1) The information and certifications that must be provided to the commission on an annu...

...ime of the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code, pay to the public utilities commission, for and on behalf of the treasurer of state, the following taxes: (1) For each motor vehicle used for transporting persons, thirty dollars; (2) For each commercial tractor, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, used for transporting property, thirty...

...ns the aggregate amount credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund, less the sum of both of the following: (1) The fees collected by the public utilities commission, in accordance with the unified carrier registration plan under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code, that exceed the federal certification of revenue for each year of the plan; (2) The forfeitures collected by the commission under secti...

...ehicles is subject to regulation by the public utilities commission as a for-hire motor carrier under this chapter. (B) The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Establish the acceptable scope of public safety regulations applicable to a for-hire motor carrier engaged in the towing of motor vehicles under section 4513.60, 4513.601, or 4513.61 of the Re...

...3.34 of the Revised Code; (B) Is not a public utility as defined in section 4911.01 of the Revised Code.

...he effective date of this section, the public utilities commission, in accordance with sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code, shall establish by order a certification system for for-hire motor carriers engaged in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce. (B) Beginning on the effective date of the order of the commission as initially issued under division (A) of this section, no ...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall approve an application for a certificate for the transportation of household goods under sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code and shall issue a certificate, provided the applicant pays the applicable application fee under division (I) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code and submits to the commission a completed application, on a form prescribed by the comm...

...e its current certificate available for public inspection during normal business hours; (B) Present each of its customers with information, written in plain and clear language and pursuant to a form prescribed by the public utilities commission, outlining a consumer's rights; (C) Include its certificate number on all advertising, written estimates, and contracts, pursuant to rules adopted by the commission.

...30 to 4921.36 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding any of the following: (A) Providing for binding estimates by for-hire motor carriers engaged in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce; (B) Providing for guaranteed-not-to-exceed estimates by those carriers; (C) Requiring those carriers to include their certificate number in all advertising, wr...

...intrastate commerce," "motor vehicle," "public highway," "ridesharing arrangement," and "school bus" have the same meanings as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "For-hire motor carrier" means a person engaged in the business of transporting persons or property by motor vehicle for compensation, except when engaged in any of the following in intrastate commerce: (1) The transportation of persons in taxic...

...on of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work. (B) The public utilities commission may grant a motor carrier operating in intrastate commerce a temporary exemption from some or all of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, when either of the following applies: (1) The governor of this state has declared an emergency. (2) The chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's desi...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to all of the following: (1) The transportation of persons or property by motor carriers operating in interstate and intrastate commerce; (2) The highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials by motor carriers, and persons engaging in the highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials, ope...

...modal transportation of containers over public highways in interstate commerce, including trailers and chassis. (B) As used in this section: "Intermodal equipment interchange agreement" means the uniform intermodal interchange and facilities access agreement or any other written document executed by an intermodal equipment provider or its agent and a motor carrier or its agent, the primary purpose of which is to es...

...(A) The public utilities commission may, through the commission's inspectors or other authorized employees, enter in or upon any motor vehicle of any motor carrier, or any person engaging in the transportation of hazardous material or hazardous waste, to inspect the motor vehicle or driver subject to rules adopted under section 4923.04 of the Revised Code. (B) In order to assist the commission in performing it...

...(A) The public utilities commission may, through the commission's inspectors or other authorized employees, enter in or upon the premises and motor vehicles of any motor carrier, or any person engaging in the transportation of hazardous material or hazardous waste, to examine any records, documents, or property for the purpose of assessing the safety, performance, and management controls associated with the car...

...The public utilities commission shall cooperate with and permit the use of the services, records, and facilities of the commission as fully as practicable by appropriate officers of the United States department of transportation, other federal agencies or commissions, and appropriate commissions of other states in the enforcement and administration of state and federal laws relating to highway transportation by...

...The public utilities commission may adopt rules applicable to the highway routing of hazardous materials into, through, or within this state. Rules adopted under this section shall not be incompatible with requirements of the United States department of transportation.

...hazardous materials route registry, the public utilities commission shall not designate the portion of state route number three hundred fifteen between interstate route number two hundred seventy and United States route number twenty-three as a hazardous materials route, including for nonradioactive hazardous materials. The commission shall notify the administration of any changes necessary for the registry and desig...

...Proceedings of the public utilities commission for the assessment of forfeitures for violations of Chapters 4921. and 4923. of the Revised Code are subject to and governed by section 4923.99 of the Revised Code. In all other respects in which the commission has power and authority under Chapters 4921. and 4923. of the Revised Code, applications and complaints may be made and filed with the commission, processes...

...e resources for other purposes, and the public; (3) Measures for the reduction of the adverse effects of mining on land, water, and other resources may be costly, and the devising of means to deal with them are of both public and private concern; (4) Such variables as soil structure and composition, physiography, climatic conditions, and the needs of the public make impracticable the application to all mining areas...

...eting held for that purpose. (B)(1) A public benefit association may not dispose of its assets with value equal to more than fifty per cent of the fair market value of the net tangible and intangible assets, including goodwill, of the association over a period of thirty-six consecutive months in a transaction or series of transactions, including the lease, sale, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of tho...

...iation as security, sell its assets at public or private sale, make conveyances in the association's name, lease real property for any term, including ninety-nine years renewable forever, settle or compromise claims in favor of or against the association, employ one or more persons as liquidators to wind up the affairs of the association with the authority that the managers see fit to grant, cause the title to ...

... of education, or the superintendent of public instruction on behalf of the board, may investigate any information received about a person that reasonably appears to be a basis for action under section 3319.31 of the Revised Code, including information received pursuant to section 3314.40, 3319.291, 3319.313, 3326.24, 3328.19, 5126.253, or 5153.176 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this se...

...ast quarterly and hold such additional meetings as are necessary to carry out the board's duties under sections 3375.64, 3375.66, and 3375.67 of the Revised Code. Additional meetings may be called in accordance with bylaws adopted by the board.

...annually and shall hold such additional meetings as are necessary to implement and administer this chapter. Additional meetings may be held at the behest of either a co-chairperson or a majority of the members. The commission shall, by adoption of internal management rules under division (B)(9) of this section, establish an executive committee and delegate to it the performance of such of the commission's duties and ...

...in written or electronic records of its meetings. (E) Upon twenty-four hours' notice from a member of the board, the member's employer shall release the member from the member's employment duties to attend meetings of the full board. Nothing in this division requires the employer of a member of the board to compensate the member for time the member is released from employment duties under this paragraph, but any c...

... of zoning appeals shall be open to the public. The board of zoning appeals shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each regular or alternate member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the board of township trustees and be a public re...

...ution. The board, at special or regular meetings, shall publicize the times and places of the hearings by causing a notice to be published at least ten days prior to the date of the first meeting using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the road is located; (2) On the official public notice web site established un...

...ation shall be considered at subsequent meetings of the relevant committee, commission, or board not less frequently than once every thirty days thereafter until the relevant committee, commission, or board issues a decision on the application. The timing requirements of this division apply to the exclusion of those that are provided elsewhere in the Revised Code or in county regulations. If an agreement between th...

...ing of the council shall be open to the public. The council shall provide prior public notice in the federal register of each meeting of the council, including the matters to be addressed at the meeting. (2) A majority of the council or any committee of the council shall constitute a quorum of the council or of such committee, respectively, for the conduct of business. A lesser number may meet to hold hearings, take...

...nformation contained in the report is a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be published on the department of development's web site. (E)(1) If a taxpayer fails to meet or comply with any condition or requirement set forth in a tax credit agreement, the tax credit authority may amend the agreement to reduce the percentage or term of the tax credit. The reduction of the percen...

...on, the board of directors may employ a public accountant or a firm of public accountants to perform the functions of a supervisory audit committee. The board of directors may appoint an audit committee to oversee the public accountant or firm of public accountants. (D) The superintendent of credit unions may require at any time that a credit union have its accounts audited in accordance with generally accepted audi...

... person intending to apply shall hold a public meeting in each county where the utility facility is to be located. (B) The applicant shall provide written notice of the public meeting to the board of county commissioners of the county, as well as the boards of trustees of every township in which the utility facility is to be located within that county. Notice shall be provided at least fourteen days prior to the m...

...ithin the county; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. (C) The board shall permit members of the public to express their objections to the consent decree or court-approved settlement agreement at the meeting. Copies of the proposed consent decree or court-approved settlement agreement shall ...

...prohibits the board from conducting its meetings by teleconference or by a combination of interactive video conference and teleconference at the same meeting. (B) A regional airport authority board of trustees shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: (1) Authorize board members to remotely attend a board meeting by interactive video conference o...

... paying its expenses. The district is a public office and its directors are public officials within the meaning of section 117.01 of the Revised Code, the board of directors is a public body within the meaning of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and records of the board and of the district are public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The agreement shall require the board to design...

... paying its expenses. The district is a public office and its directors are public officials within the meaning of section 117.01 of the Revised Code, the board of directors is a public body within the meaning of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and records of the board and of the district are public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The agreement shall require the board to desig...

...ture of any such sales or loans. (K) Meetings of the commission shall be subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code except that division (C) of such section requiring members to be physically present to be part of a quorum or vote does not apply if the commission holds a meeting by teleconference and if provisions are made for public attendance at any location involved in such teleconference.

...dvisory council shall hold at least two meetings each year. Special meetings may be held at the request of the chairperson or a majority of the members. The director of environmental protection shall select from among the advisory council's members a chairperson. The advisory council annually shall select from among its members a vice-chairperson and a secretary to keep a record of its proceedings. Not later than two...

...prohibits the board from conducting its meetings by teleconference or by a combination of interactive video conference and teleconference at the same meeting. (B) A port authority board of directors shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: (1) Authorize board members to remotely attend a board meeting by interactive video conference or teleconfe...

...nstitute the holding of an incompatible public office or employment in violation of any statutory or common law prohibition pertaining to the simultaneous holding of more than one public office or employment. Members of the committee are not disqualified from holding by reason of that membership and do not forfeit because of that membership their public office or employment that qualifies them for membership on the c...

...sion shall keep a written record of its meetings and proceedings and shall annually make a report thereof to be submitted to the duly designated official of each party state. (O) The commission shall make and transmit annually to the legislature and governor of each party state a report covering the activities of the commission for the preceeding year and embodying such recommendations as may have been adopted by t...

...its rules, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the adoption or amendment. Notice of the public hearing shall be sent to all townships in the county or region by regular mail or electronic mail at least thirty business days before the hearing. No county or regional planning commission shall adopt any rules requiring actual construction of streets or other improvements or facilities or assurance of tha...

...ohibits the council from conducting its meetings by teleconference or by a combination of interactive video conference and teleconference at the same meeting. (B) A board of directors of a joint economic development review council or a joint economic development district shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. At a minimum, the rules shall do all of the following: (1) Authorize members to remotel...