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General Assembly passes bill containing revisions to student data privacy law
This past week, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill (HB) 432, a bill containing key changes to the student data privacy provisions enacted earlier this year in Senate Bill (SB) 29.
Question of the Month: Is information shared in executive session confidential?
One perennial favorite topic on OSBA’s legal hotline is executive sessions. Lately, we’ve been getting questions about whether the information discussed in executive session is legally confidential. It seems like it should be – after all, the board is going behind closed doors to have private discussions on sensitive matters. But is it?
Question of the Month: What's the new fraud training requirement (and deadline)?
Here at the OSBA legal division, we've gotten some recent questions about required training on fraud reporting. The training requirement became effective this year and, for school district officials and employees, the deadline for training is Nov. 29, 2024. Let's dig a little deeper!
Religious expression days for students
Districts are now required to have a policy in place that reasonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of individual students with regard to all examinations or other academic requirements and absences for reasons of faith or religious or spiritual belief system.
New student data privacy requirements to go into effect Oct. 24
On Thursday, Oct. 24, new requirements regarding student data privacy are set to go into effect. These changes are the result of Senate Bill (SB) 29, which was passed by the General Assembly this past July.
Coaches’ contracts and other Sports Law resources
In this legal ledger Sidebar, John Price and Jennifer Hardin discuss some of the legal considerations for boards when issuing contracts for coaches, which was one of the highlights from this year’s OSBA Sports Law Workshop Webinar Series.
Question of the Month: Can our board use a consent agenda?
A consent agenda is a parliamentary procedure tool that allows boards to streamline the approval of routine, non-controversial items that typically do not need discussion or debate. The general idea is to save time by grouping self-explanatory items together and approving them in one motion, instead of handling each one individually.
Supreme Court of Ohio issues important executive session ruling clarifying property-purchase provision
This past July, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an important decision in the case known as Look Ahead America v.
Automated external defibrillators in schools
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.