Last week, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) rolled out resources for school districts as they work to meet the new requirements for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in school buildings.
Ohio Revised Code (RC) 3313.717 was amended in House Bill (HB) 47, and the new…
Last week, the state of Ohio launched a new program aimed at encouraging school districts to recruit members of the military, military spouses and veterans as employees. The program, called the Military Recruit Award program, was announced by Gov. Mike DeWine and the Directors of the Ohio Department of…
Summer is still a busy time for school districts and educational service centers in Ohio. There are several deadlines for statutory reporting requirements that fall during the summer months. Among those deadlines are:
Last week, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW), in conjunction with Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, announced the publication of a …
The last budget bill, House Bill 33, made significant changes to public education in Ohio. Over the last few months, OSBA’s legal division has been sharing information and resources developed by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) to implement those changes. One of those resources, a …
Earlier this week, the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) issued a guidance document designed to assist district personnel with administering legally required literacy assessments to students with disabilities.…
As reported in an August Legal Ledger blog post, Ohio’s 2024-25 fiscal year budget bill included changes to district obligations to students in reading instruction.
The budget bill enacted…
Last Friday, Judge Richard Frye ruled that the state can proceed with the education governance changes laid out in House Bill (HB) 33.
HB 33, which became effective on Oct. 3,…
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is rolling out guidance documents to help districts manage some of the changes in the 2024-25 biennial budget bill, House Bill (HB) 33. Here are some of the resources that have been issued to date:
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ODE has issued some additional information about the HB 33 changes to the calamity…
