
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
House Bill 87 – The bill, now approved by both House and Senate, provides "safe harbor" for charter and traditional public schools with enrollment increases of 20 percent or more as the result of accepting students displaced by ECOT's closure.d Senate, provides "safe harbor" for charter and traditional public schools with enrollment increases of 20 percent or more as the result of accepting students displaced by ECOT's closure. READ MORE...
Senate Bill 216 - Senate Bill 216, also known as the Ohio Public School Deregulation Act - was also approved by both the House and Senate. The most crucial provision for charter schools is the change in the number of consecutive hours a charter school student misses before that student is automatically withdrawn. READ MORE...
House Bill 512 Update - Legislation was recently introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives aimed at streamlining and improving the Buckeye State’s education-to-workforce pipeline. House Bill 512 would combine the work of the Ohio Departments of Education and Higher Education and the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation -- assigning it to a newly created Ohio Department of Learning and Achievement. The new entity would be a cabinet agency with its director appointed by the Governor. READ MORE...