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The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has recently issued reminders of important upcoming opportunities and deadlines.

Ohio Dyslexia Committee survey

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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, whose decisions are binding in Ohio, recently ruled in

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Yesterday, President Biden announced a national strategy aimed at combating COVID-19. President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan includes the…

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The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) produced new documents to assist schools this week. The first ODH document “K-12 quarantine in Ohio”

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The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has updated its online and blended learning guidance for the 2021-22 school year. The guidance now includes a new section in the FAQs on temporary online learning for closures due to COVID-19 outbreaks, as well as adding FAQs expanding guidance related to online learning and blended learning.

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As the general election on Nov. 2 nears, boards of education are waiting to see who their fellow members may be come January. Here at the legal division of OSBA, we’re getting lots of questions about the upcoming election. Two of the areas we’re getting questions about are write-in candidates and filling vacancies if not enough candidates are running for election.

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Starting with the 2021-22 school year, school districts must register with the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Safer Ohio School Tip Line or enter into an agreement with an anonymous reporting program of the district’s choosing.

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On August 3, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released the "

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In the recently enacted biennial budget bill (Am. Sub. H.B. 110),…

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On Wednesday, Governor DeWine signed HB 244 into law. The new…