ELI Healthy Schools Project Ohio

Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:
Developments in State Policy

Ohio

Citation: Ohio School Facilities Commission Resolution 07-124
Effective: September 2007
Available: HERE

This Resolution of the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) establishes the LEED-Schools silver-level criteria as the standard for projects participating in the OSFC’s programs. The Resolution states that the OSFC will pay the USGBC fees related to LEED registration and review, as well as a supplemental allowance to the project budget to support attaining LEED energy-related credits. The Resolution also directs the OSFC Executive Director to develop alternative financing options, such as pooled bonding authority, for districts to fund sustainable design features. The Resolution directs the Executive Director to modify the OSFC’s standard contract documents in order to facilitate implementation of the new high performance building criteria.

The Innovation in Governance Programs work to develop inventive approaches to new or entrenched environmental problems and changing technologies and economies. The programs focus on four objectives:

Investigate and promote innovative approaches to managing government agencies and private businesses that will achieve greater environmental protection.
Safeguard and strengthen the safety net of federal environmental law, its enforcement in the courts, and its state implementation through strategic research, education, and outreach.
Improve understanding of environmental governance tools by hosting visiting scholars and international delegations.
Through ELI’s Center for Business Environmental Strategy, provide information, ideas and tools for corporate environmental lawyers and executives to improve environmental management.

Healthy, High Performance School Facilities: Developments in State Policy

Ohio

Healthy, High Performance School Facilities:
Developments in State Policy