Governor activity
Gov. Mike DeWine announced that a revised mask order and new social gathering order will be issued. Links to the orders are forthcoming.
House Finance Committee
The committee accepted a substitute version of House Bill (HB) 305, which creates a new school-funding formula. Testifying in support of the bill were:
Education funding proposal
Sens. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) and Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 376, a companion bill to a forthcoming substitute bill for House Bill (HB) 305. Click here to view the bill. Click the links below to view the simulations of the Fair School Funding Plan. The educational service centers simulation is forthcoming.
View more than 60 learning and spotlight sessions plus the Trade Show, Student Achievement Fair and Student Performing arts through Dec. 31.
Many schools began the year using remote, hybrid, or blended models of instruction for the first time this year. These new educational settings caused schools and districts to rethink educator evaluations.
Ohio Department of Education
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) provided information about the impact of education settings on teacher evaluations. Additionally, ODE released a brief statement regarding the positive efforts of Ohio students and educators in complying with recommended health practices and, in particular, mask-wearing guidelines.
Promoting student attendance in online classes
The standard school model is shelved for now because of the pandemic, but one constant is attendance. Students still must show up — virtually — to their online classes. Showing up for school is as important as ever, even if the systems have changed.
Does your virtual school include attendance tracking plans?
It has been said many times: 2020 has been an extraordinary year. Given the multitude of unique challenges that schools have met since the beginning of the year, it is sometimes difficult to focus on those laws that were in place before March 2020 and still affect school board members and staff.
Education funding proposal
Sens. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) and Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) are expected to introduce companion legislation for House Bill (HB) 305 in the coming weeks. The companion bill will be the substitute version of HB 305 that Reps. John Patterson (D-Jefferson) and Gary Scherer (R-Circleville) will also release in the coming weeks.
At its Oct. 2 meeting, the Ohio Ethics Commission issued formal Advisory Opinion No.
