Governor activity
Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law House Bill 244, which would:
• prohibit public schools from mandating a vaccine that is not fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration;
• prohibit public schools from discriminating against an individual who has not received such vaccine, including by requiring the individual to engage in or refrain from engaging in activities or precautions that differ from the activities or precautions of an…
Ohio Department of Education
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) released information regarding the ability of a school district to operate an online learning school. House Bill 110, the biennial budget bill, authorized the creation of district-operated online learning schools. The option of operating a blended learning model or an alternative school is not impacted by this new law. Superintendents must notify ODE by Aug. 1, 2021, of their intent to operate or continue…
Budget activity
Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill (HB) 110 into law. The bill makes operating appropriations for the fiscal years (FY) 2022 and 2023 biennium and includes the Fair School Funding Plan (HB 1) as the basis for school funding. DeWine used his line-item veto power on 14 provisions in the bill, including a provision regarding Court of Claims procedures for Open Meetings Law violations, changes to community school sponsors and a partial veto on expedited…
Budget activity
The General Assembly sent House Bill (HB) 110 to Gov. Mike DeWine. The bill makes operating appropriations for the fiscal years (FY) 2022 and 2023 biennium. The Conference Committee report includes the Fair School Funding Plan (HB 1) as the basis for school funding and includes additional education-related changes. Click here for a comparison document detailing…
Conference Committee on HB 110
The committee held a second hearing on House Bill (HB) 110, which makes operating appropriations for the fiscal years (FY) 2022 and 2023 biennium. The members appointed from the Ohio House and Ohio Senate to serve on the committee consist of Reps. Scott Oelslager (R-North Canton), Phil Plummer (R-Dayton) and Erica C. Crawley (D-Columbus) and Sens. Matt Dolan (R-…
Budget activity
The House voted not to concur on Senate changes to House Bill (HB) 110 by a vote 86-6. The bill, which makes operating appropriations for the fiscal years (FY) 2022 and 2023 biennium, was revised earlier in the week by the Senate Finance Committee through an omnibus amendment and later passed 25-8 by the full Senate. Click…
Budget activity
The Senate Finance Committee accepted a substitute version of Substitute House Bill (HB) 110, which makes operating appropriations for the fiscal years (FY) 2022 and 2023 biennium. The substitute version of the bill removes the Fair School Funding Plan and inserts a new school-funding formula. Click…
General Assembly activity
|The General Assembly sent House Bill (HB) 170 to Gov. Mike DeWine for his approval. The bill would provide state appropriation authority for schools to receive the funding provided by Congress through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; require the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to receive approval from the Controlling Board before spending ODE’s allocated funds from the…
House activity
The House passed House Bill (HB) 244 by a vote of 97-0. The bill would require K-12 schools to allow military children who are relocating but not yet residents of the district to enroll electronically and participate in technology-based educational opportunities.
Governor activity
Gov. Mike DeWine announced that most health orders will end on June 2, including mask mandates, social distancing and capacity restrictions. Health orders that pertain to nursing homes, assisted living facilities and data collection will not be rescinded. DeWine further stated that business and schools would be allowed to continue any restrictions.
General Assembly activity
The Ohio General Assembly sent House Bill (HB) 6 to…