During the current two-year session of the Ohio General Assembly, ending 12. 21.22, over 125 education bills have been introduced.
Pending bills include these:
Third Grade Reading Guarantee: Highly debated HB 497 would eliminate the requirement that third graders repeat the grade based on their English Language Arts assessment score. Schools would still have to offer remediation for students in grades kindergarten through third who are behind.
Taxes:
-SB 120 would increase the maximum annual amount a teacher can claim as an income tax deduction for out-of-pocket professional development and classroom supplies from $250 to $1,000.
-SB 221 would increase the price threshold which exempts sales tax during the three-day August back-to-school sales tax holiday and would exempt laptops, notebooks and tablet computers priced less than $2,000 from sales tax during the holiday.
-HB 323 would give families a personal income tax credit of up to $1,500 per child for education expenses associated with home school, traditional public, charter, or private school.
Above info Condensed from an article in the Lima News, April 23, 2022.
