February 26, 2024

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.  

ESC-RELATED NEWS:

Judge Timothy Tepe of Warren County Common Pleas Court issued a temporary restraining order Thursday to block the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) from enforcing corrective action plans the agency issued after an investigation of alleged special education violations at the Warren County Educational Service Center (ESC). DEW also faces an administrative complaint on the matter from Disability Rights Ohio (DRO), which alleges the department scaled back the corrective actions under pressure from Warren County officials. The Warren County ESC, however, argued in the lawsuit filed earlier this week that DEW had no authority to accept the systemic complaint from DRO, and that the alleged special education violations resulted from parents' choices to place their students in an ESC program that focused mostly on mental health services, designed for those with the most serious needs, including students who'd attempted to hurt themselves or others.



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