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HIGHLIGHTS:
TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATIONS
The Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) recently set out expectations for processing complaints related to schools' compliance with their transportation obligations to private and charter school students. Under HB33, schools can be found out of compliance if they can't meet transportation obligations for five or more consecutive days, or more than 10 total days during an academic year. Noncompliant conduct can include dropping off students more than 30 minutes early, picking them up more than 30 minutes late or failing to transport students entirely, among other requirements of law. Beginning with complaints made after Friday, Dec. 1, DEW will make a determination within 30 or 45 days of receiving a complaint. Information on how to file complaints and the process for handling them: https://tinyurl.com/3rdup4ve.
DEW SELECTS INTERIM DIRECTOR
Gov. Mike DeWine named Jessica Voltolini interim director of the renamed Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) effective Monday, Oct. 23, after a visiting Franklin County judge denied a preliminary injunction to further block the transfer of control over K-12 education governance from the State Board of Education to the governor's office. Richard Frye, a retired Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge, ruled Friday that the state can proceed with the education overhaul laid out in the latest state budget.
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