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To exempt school districts and educational service centers from prohibitions against reductions in student transportation for the 2020-2021 school year and to declare an emergency.

To require all community school sponsors to receive approval from and enter into an agreement with the Department of Education and to make changes regarding eligibility for the Quality Community School Support Program.

To exempt a school district from transporting students to a chartered nonpublic school or a community school under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency.

To create the Loving State Index and the Loving State Index Commission to evaluate and rank municipal corporations in Ohio regarding critical supports that are vital to student academic success in order to identify gaps in opportunity for low-income individuals and minority individuals.

To require the Department of Education to make an additional payment in fiscal year 2020 or 2021 to certain school districts that experience a decrease in the taxable value of the district's utility tangible personal property.

Regarding interscholastic athletics in schools.

To revise Ohio's Drug Offense Law as it applies to employment and attendance at public schools, preschools, and head start agencies.

To increase, from ten to twenty feet, the distance a driver is required to stop from a stopped school bus.

To require firearms training for school employees approved to convey firearms into a school safety zone.

To require school districts and schools to conduct the fall administration of the third grade English language arts assessment in November for the 2020-2021 school year and to declare an emergency.