July 24, 2023

The Legislative E-Update is provided by the Ohio ESC Association to Ohio’s ESCs, their client school districts, and other key education stakeholders.

EACH LEGISLATIVE E-UPDATE INCLUDES:

• Latest News from Capital Square - elections, specific bills of interest and other news
• Legislative Tracking Report - pending education bills of interest listed in order by last action date. Links to the state bill page for analyses or fiscal notes included.  

HIGHLIGHTS:

Bills introduced:

• HB235: SBOE ELECTIONS (membership and election of State Board of Education members and to make changes regarding the State Board's public meetings)

• HB71: COMMUNITY CONNECTORS WORKFORCE PROGRAM (establish the Community Connectors Workforce Program)

• HB214: SCHOOL POLICY ON STAFF SPEECH (require each school to adopt a policy setting forth expectations and standards for all professional staff members related to specific beliefs, affiliations, ideals or principles concerning political movements, ideology or social action)

• HB117: ELIMINATE THIRD GRADE READING RETENTION (eliminate retention under the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, expand the grades for which intensive reading intervention is provided, expand the inclusion of phonics in learning standards)

• HB147: TEACHER LICENSURE REVOCATION (teacher licensure revocation, teacher hiring practices, conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession)

• HB11: SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CHANGES (establish Backpack Scholarship Program to begin operating for the 2023-2024 school year, repeal the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program and Pilot Project Scholarship Program on July 1, 2024)



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