In less than two weeks the Ohio Safety Congress & Expo will be underway! This event will be hosted at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on March 7-9, 2018. The Ohio Safety Congress & Expo offers the Midwest’s largest and most diverse agenda of educational sessions for safety and health professionals, risk managers and human resource specialists.
House activity
Exhibit at the 2023 OSBA Capital Conference and Trade Show and reach more than 6,000 attendees.
Applications are being accepted for the 2023 OSBA Black Caucus Leo Lucas Scholarship, a program that provides ethnically and culturally diverse high school seniors funds for college.
With the rising use of social media, it is becoming more difficult for school districts to know when to intervene with online issues involving students. When should a school district address off-campus social media posts between students? Should they be involved in disciplining pupils who have engaged in social media misconduct?
This issue includes: Attorneys’ Fees – Administrative Proceeding • Autism Scholarship Program • Construction • Discrimination – Disability • Discrimination – Race And Sex • Individuals With Disabilities • Individuals With Disabilities – Exhaustion Of Remedies • Open Meetings Act • Nonteaching Employee – Continuing Contra
The United States Department of Education (USDOE) has announced a new school funding pilot program and an interactive resource for data on English Learners (ELs).
Students deal with numerous issues outside of the classroom that affect their performance in schools. Students regularly have to deal with societal issues ranging from poverty, homelessness and hunger to bullying, suicide and drug use. These resources can assist districts in helping their students.
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.
House Education and Career Readiness Committee
