All meetings will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. If you are interested in addressing a committee please contact Steven C. Hollon, Executive Director of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission at 614.644.2022.
For changes and updates, see http://www.ocmc.ohio.gov/ocmc/home
10:00 a.m.
Education, Public Institutions, and Local Government Committee – South Meeting Room B, 31st Floor of the Riffe Center for Government and the Arts. Presentations: Steven H. Steinglass, Senior Policy Advisor – “Article VI, Section 3 (Public School System, Boards of Education)”; Sue Steele, Board Member, Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development, “Joint Vocational Schools”; Al Haberstroh, Board Member, Trumbull County Educational Service Center, “Educational Service Centers”. Reports and Recommendations (second presentation and possible adoption): Article VI, Section 1 (Funds for Religious and Educational Purposes) and Article VI, Section 2 (School Funds). Committee Discussion on Article VI, Section 3 – (Local Boards of Education).
11:30 a.m.
Organization and Administration Committee – South Meeting Room C, 31st Floor of the Riffe Center for Government and the Arts. Presentations by Steven C. Hollon, OCMC Executive Director: “FY2016 – Proposed Budget” and “Proposed Amendments to Rules of Procedure and Conduct”. Committee Discussion: FY2016 – Proposed Budget and Proposed Amendments to Rules of Procedure and Conduct.
12:30 p.m.
Coordinating Committee – South Meeting Room C, 31st Floor of the Riffe Center for Government and the Arts. Reports and Recommendations for consideration and approval: Article I, Section 13 (Quartering of Troops); Article I, Section 17 (No Hereditary Privileges); Article VI, Section 1 (Funds for Religious and Educational Purposes); Article VI, Section 2 (School Funds).
1:00 p.m.
Judicial Branch and Administration of Justice Committee – South Meeting Room B, 31st Floor of the Riffe Center for Government and the Arts. Presentations: Senator Sandra Williams, Task Force Member: “Grand Jury Recommendation by the Ohio Task Force on Community-Police Relations”; Professor Gregory M. Gilchrist, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law, “An Introduction to the Grand Jury”. Discussion: Article I, Section 10 (Grand Juries) – Discussion regarding continuing reference to grand jury in the Ohio Constitution.
