House Primary and Secondary Education Committee
The committee held a third hearing on HB 214, sponsored by Rep. Adam Holmes (R-Nashport), which would require each public school to adopt a policy regarding certain expectations related to the performance of staff member professional duties. Testifying in opposition to the bill was Barbie Washington, board member, Lorain City.
The committee also held a third hearing on HB 206, sponsored by Reps. Gary Click (R-Vickery) and Monica Robb Blasdel (R-Columbiana), which would permit a school district to establish a policy that authorizes a superintendent to expel a student from a public school for actions that endanger the health and safety of other students or school employees.
The committee held a second hearing on HB 147, sponsored by Reps. Sara Fowler Arthur (R-Ashtabula) and Adam C. Miller (D-Columbus), which would make changes to teacher licensure revocation, teacher hiring practices and conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession.
House Higher Education Committee
The committee held a third hearing on HB 183, sponsored by Reps. Bird and Beth Lear (R-Galena), regarding single-sex bathroom access in primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
House Criminal Justice Committee
The committee passed HB 139 sponsored by Reps. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield) and Joseph A. Miller, III (D-Amherst), which would increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official.
Federal update
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