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September is attendance awareness month in Ohio. In honor of the month, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) has issued new resources to support boards of education in their work to encourage regular school attendance. 

As OSBA’s legal division discussed in the Legal Ledger Sidebar earlier this summer, the Ohio biennial budget bill, House Bill 96, included several changes to state laws on attendance. On Sept. 3, in…

As the season of holiday parties, concerts and performances approaches, schools need to be sure to plan events that comply with the Constitution. Of particular note is the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which provides that government shall “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

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