Senate activity
The Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 246 and sent the bill to the House for consideration. Sponsored by Sen. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering), the bill deals with positive behavioral intervention supports and suspension and expulsion policies for students in grades prekindergarten through three. Click here for an analysis of the bill.
Senate Finance Committee
The…
House activity
Amended Substitute House Bill 342, sponsored by Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova), would eliminate August special elections for levies with a lifespan of more than five years and change Ohio law related to levy ballot language. The bill was passed by the House Government Accountability and…
House activity
The House passed several bills, sending them to the Senate. Those bills include:
• House Bill (HB) 378, which creates the Ohio Broadband Development Grant Program, appropriates $100 million for the program and allows school districts, among others, to apply for grants under the program;
• HB 360, which prescribes suspensions and expulsion policies for…
House activity
The House concurred in the Senate amendments to House Bill (HB) 98, which now goes to the governor for his signature. The bill deals with the presentation of career information to students, provides state funding to certain school districts with nuclear power plants in their territories, revises career-technical education teacher licenses and provides for payments to licensed career-technical education teachers who do not have a bachelor’s degree. …
House Education and Career Readiness Committee
The committee passed House Bill (HB) 360, which deals with suspension and expulsion policies for incidents of harassment, intimidation or bullying. Prior to passage, the committee adopted an amendment that would permit a district to impose measures it deems appropriate during a student’s suspension or expulsion and would exempt private schools from the bill’s provisions.
The committee heard sponsor testimony on…
House activity
The House of Representatives passed House Bill (HB) 87 by a vote of 94-2. Sponsored by Rep. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson), the bill requires funds that are returned to the state due to a community school enrollment audit to be credited back to the applicable school districts.
The House also passed…
House activity
The House of Representatives informally passed House Bill (HB) 371, sponsored by Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova Township). This means that the bill was not voted on and, instead, is placed on the House calendar for a potential vote at a later date. The bill would exempt from property tax the increased value of unimproved land that has been subdivided for residential development until construction begins or the land is sold.
The House also passed…
House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
The committee heard sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 512, sponsored by Rep. Bill Reineke (R-Tiffin). An analysis of the bill can be accessed here. It creates the Department of Learning and Achievement to oversee primary, secondary and postsecondary education. The bill also transfers much of the duties and authority of the State…
House activity
Rep. Bill Reineke (R-Tiffin) introduced House Bill (HB) 512, which creates the Department of Learning and Achievement by combining the Ohio Department of Education with the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation. The bill also transfers much of the duties and authority of the State Board of Education and superintendent of public instruction to the newly created Department of Learning and Achievement.…
Senate Education Committee
The committee conducted its fifth hearing on Senate Bill (SB) 82, sponsored by Sens. Sandra Williams (D-Cleveland) and Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering). The bill requires public schools, within two hours of the start of a school day, to notify the parent of a student who fails to arrive at school and is not excused from attendance. There were no witnesses present to testify on this bill. Lehner stated that the bill would be up for a vote at the next hearing.
The committee…
