OSBA Events

Treasurers' Clinic: Location: Quest Conference Center; Time: 8:25 a.m.

Sept. 19, 2011 – Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus, OH 43240

Agenda:

8 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast

8:25 a.m. Welcome and announcements

Van D. Keating, director of management services, OSBA; OASBO region director; and OSBA region president

8:30 a.m. Ohio Department of Education (ODE) update: What you need to know about fiscal caution, watch and emergency

Unfortunately for many schools, clearly understanding the steps and processes for fiscal caution/watch/emergency is becoming an important issue. Treasurers need to know when to call ODE or AOS; how the solvency fund works; what catastrophic grants are; and how the process impacts five-year forecasting. This presentation will cover all aspects of the process, as well as allowing time to address your questions and concerns.

Representatives from ODE

9:40 a.m. Break

9:50 a.m. Breakout sessions

✦ Local government collaboration and reform

Collaboration and shared services among local governments is moving way beyond just sharing a treasurer. This session will cover school districts as both recipient and provider in the new era of RC 9.482, expansive Councils of Government and entrepreneurship.

Attorneys from Bricker & Eckler LLP

✦ Paycheck insurance: You may not have as much as you think!

Representatives of Assurant Employee Benefits

11 a.m. Breakout sessions

✦ Finding dollars in today’s economic times

This session will focus on options that are available to schools that are trying to figure out how to leverage the revenues they have and how to generate more. We will touch on such topics as moving inside millage, refunding outstanding bond issues at lower rates, the substitute levy and a new combination levy option.

Attorneys from Peck, Shaffer & Williams, LLP

✦ Pupil transportation and shared services

Pupil Transportation is one of the services that many suggest could be a shared service. Pete Japikse will discuss the issues facing a district(s) as they consider such arrangements.

Pete Japikse, director of pupil transportation, ODE

12:15 p.m. Lunch

Sponsored by Assurant Employee Benefits, Esber Cash Register (PayForIt), eCollect of Ohio Inc., and Ohio School Plan.

1 p.m. General session: ODE update

ODE has restructured to deal with a reducing work force. ODE also has to implement new rules resulting from HB 153 and a new “bridge” formula. ODE representatives will be updating attendees on all the changes districts can expect to see.

ODE area coordinators

2:10 p.m. Break

2:20 p.m. Breakout sessions

✦ School district finance in a post--HB153 world

Quoting Bob Dylan's Academy Award-winning song, "Things Have Changed". This session will feature a presentation by a Squire Sanders public finance attorney covering a variety of changes resulting from the enactment of the State Biennial Budget Bill (HB 153) and other recent bills including an overview of changes to bond issue, tax levy and election law; contracts; school funding; and other notable changes.

Attorneys from Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, LLP

✦ Health insurance and pooling

HB 153 has provisions that eliminate the School Employee Health Care Board, creating a new Public Employer Health Care Advisory Group and authorizes the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to create pools effective 7/1/12 after conducting a study by the end of this calendar year.

Van D. Keating, OSBA and/or Barbara Shaner, associate executive director, OASBO

3:30 p.m. Legislative update

The Budget may be resolved but there are plenty of legislative issues as we head into the presidential election year of 2012.

Damon Asbury, director of legislative services; Jay Smith and Michelle Francis, lobbyists, OSBA; and Barbara Shaner, OASBO

4 p.m. Adjournment