President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan
Yesterday, President Biden announced a national strategy aimed at combating COVID-19.
Ohio Department of Health Guidance
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) produced new documents to assist schools this week.
Online and blended learning guidance
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has updated its online and blended learning guidance for the 2021-22 school year. The guidance now includes a new section in the FAQs on temporary online learning for closures due to COVID-19 outbreaks, as well as adding FAQs expanding guidance related to online learning and blended learning.
Fill up your board
As the general election on Nov. 2 nears, boards of education are waiting to see who their fellow members may be come January. Here at the legal division of OSBA, we’re getting lots of questions about the upcoming election. Two of the areas we’re getting questions about are write-in candidates and filling vacancies if not enough candidates are running for election.
Anonymous reporting systems
Starting with the 2021-22 school year, school districts must register with the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Safer Ohio School Tip Line or enter into an agreement with an anonymous reporting program of the district’s choosing.
DOE releases Return to School Roadmap
On August 3, the U.S.
August 1 and 31 remote learning deadlines
In the recently enacted biennial budget bill (Am. Sub. H.B.
HB 244 prohibits mandatory vaccines and discrimination against unvaccinated individuals
On Wednesday, Governor DeWine signed HB 244 into law.
Expiration of Virtual Meetings
As the state of emergency has lifted and life is beginning to get back to normal, public meetings have reverted to pre-pandemic guidelines. For example, the Ohio legislature did not extend or make permanent a public board’s ability to conduct meetings in a virtual landscape.