Posted by Jennifer A. Hardin on

Starting this month, Auditor of State (AOS) Keith Faber’s office will be issuing financial health indicator (FHI) reports for school districts. This AOS program to identify and monitor signs of financial stress in public agencies began nine years ago with cities and counties and is now expanding to include school districts.

AOS has explained that FHIs provide early warning signs of financial distress, allowing public agencies to address issues before they develop into major problems. Each district’s FHI report will use the traffic light system to highlight where they fall in 16…

Posted by Van D. Keating on

House Bill 491, which took effect March 19, 2019 made some important changes to teacher payment procedures that schools have to comply with immediately. Under the new procedures, before a district can pay any teacher:

 

1. The teacher must file all reports required by ODE, the school district and the superintendent,…

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Posted by Sara C. Clark on

Today, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled, in Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow v. Ohio Dept. of Edn., that the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is authorized to base the funding of internet- or computer-based community schools,…