3353.03 Executive director - powers and duties. - Ohio Statutes

3353.03 Executive director - powers and duties.

(A) The eTech Ohio commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall have no authority other than that provided by law or delegated to the executive director by the commission. The executive director shall do all of the following:

(1) Direct commission employees in the administration of all programs of the commission;

(2) Provide leadership and support in extending the knowledge of the citizens of this state by promoting equal access to and use of all forms of educational technology, as directed by the commission;

(3) Provide financial and other assistance to school districts, educational television and radio stations, radio reading services, educational technology organizations, and other educational institutions for the acquisition and utilization of educational technology;

(4) Implement policies and directives issued by the commission;

(5) Perform other duties authorized by the commission.

(B) The commission shall fix the compensation of the executive director. The executive director shall employ and fix the compensation for such employees as necessary to facilitate the activities and purposes of the commission. The employees shall serve at the pleasure of the executive director.

(C) The employees of the commission shall be placed in the unclassified service.

(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, the employees of the commission shall be exempt from Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code and shall not be public employees as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code.

(2) All employees of the commission who transferred to the commission from one of the commission’s predecessor agencies upon the commission’s creation and, when employed by the predecessor agency were included in a bargaining unit established under Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, shall continue to be included in that bargaining unit, are public employees as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code, and may collectively bargain with the commission in accordance with that chapter. Otherwise, any employee hired by the commission after July 1, 2005, either to fill vacancies or to fill new positions, shall be exempt from Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code and shall not be public employees as defined in section 4117.10 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 07-01-2005; 2007 HB119 06-30-2007