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Bill Number
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Sponsor
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Title
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Summary
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Status
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House
Bills
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| HCR 9 |
Skindell |
NCLB |
To urge the President and the U.S. Congress to amend the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to ensure more flexibility and to fully fund the appropriatons authorized in the Act. |
Introduced in the House 2/27/07. |
| HB 1 |
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SCHOOL FUNDING |
To express the intent
of the General Assembly to establish a new
school-funding method that results in a thorough
and efficient system of primary and secondary
schools in the state. |
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| HB 14 |
Hughes |
SCHOOL REIMBURSEMENTS |
To extend indefintely the full reimbursement to school districts for the phase-out of taxes on business tangible personal property. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 26 |
Wolpert, L |
URBAN HOMESTEAD ZONES |
Permits the creation of urban homestead zones in cities to encourage the repopulation of certain city cores. |
Pending in House Committee State Government and Elections.
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| HB 27 |
Wolpert |
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE |
To revise the law regarding school district and school building academic performance ratings. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 29 |
Harwood, S. |
MOTOR FUEL TAX |
Exempts from the motor fuel tax any sales of motor fuel sold to school districts. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 36 |
Wolpert, L |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
Creates the Rapid Enrollment Growth School Facilities Assistance Program |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 42 |
Stewart, J. |
SCHOOL FUNDING |
Establishes a bipartisan committee to recommend to the GA a system that provides state funds to pay 100% of the actual cost of providing a thorough and efficient education to each student and require ODE to report certain school funding information to the parents and taxpayers of each school district. |
IPending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 43 |
Garrison |
ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN |
Provides formula funding for all-day kindergarten for all school districts and community schools that offer it. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 44 |
Garrison |
PARITY AID PAYMENTS |
Changes the formula for calculating state parity aid payments to primary and secondary schools. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 66 |
Collier |
INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS |
Establishes a minimum school year for school districts and chartered nonpublic schools based on hours, rather than days, of instruction. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 82 |
Chandler |
SCHOOL BUSES |
Requires all school buses purchased, leased, or rented after January 1, 2010, to transport students to and from school to be equipped with a seat belt assembly for all passengers. |
Pending in Infrastructure, Homeland Security & Veterans Affairs Committee. |
| HB 85 |
Webster |
BOARD OF REGENTS |
Expands the authority of the Ohio Board of Regents to regulate the programs and tuition of state institutions of high ed, require Governor's approval of the slection for chancellor, restructure terms of members and establish the Ohio Higher Educaiton Purchasing Commission. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 93 |
Koziura |
EDUCATION BUDGET |
Requires that an appropriations bill for education agencies be enacted separately from and prior to any other operating appropriations bill. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 117 |
Raussen |
SCHOOL TAXES |
Authorizes scool districts to enter into agreements with the Dept. of Taxation or entities fo he collection and administration of school disrict income taxes. |
Pending in House Ways and Means Committee. |
| HB 119 |
Dolan |
BUDGET BILL |
Makes operating apropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2009, and provides authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. |
ENACTED: Effective Sept. 29, 2007. |
| HB 136 |
Raussen |
SCHOOL BUILDINGS |
Permits high-wealth school districts to receive payments for disrict-directed classroom facilities projects in lieu of participating in other state programs. |
Pending House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 142 |
Batchelder |
SCHOOL THREATS/HIGHWAY PATROL |
Authorizes the state highway patrol to provide emergency assistance to a school district confronted with a bomb threat or a similar threat of imminent and catastrophic harm and increase penalty for inducing panic to a felony of the second degree when a school is involved. |
ENACTED: Effective March 11, 2008. |
| HB 143 |
Wagner |
SCHOOL HEALTH CARE |
Eliminates certain requirements and prohibitions applying to school district boards of education including the centralized procurement of employee health benefits mandated by Am. Sub HB 66. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 152 |
Widener |
RETIREMENT PLANS |
Requires school boards to establish alternative retirement plans fo teachers and school employees. |
Pending in House Financial institutions, Real Estate & Securities Committee. |
| Hb 162 |
Luckie |
TEACHER TAX CREDITS |
Allows a refundable credit against the personal income tax for taxpayers who teach in and reside in a big either schol district and to allow an additional credit for such teachers who teach math, science, or technology. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 175 |
Fessler |
CALAMITY DAYS |
Permanently permits school districts to make up excess calamity days by adding hours to remaining days in the school year and delares an emergency. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 180 |
Setzer |
SPEECH PATHOLOGY |
Establishes a limited student permit category for speech language pathology interns and to declare an emergency. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 181 |
Setzer |
MISSING CHILDREN |
Requires public and nonpublic schools to mark the records of students identified as missing children and to notify law enforcement of requests for those records. |
Pending in Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee. |
| HB 190 |
Hite |
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS |
Specifies administration dates for the elementary achievement tests. |
ENACTED: Effective 11/14/2007 |
| HB 192 |
Brady |
HIGHER EDUCATION THREATS |
Requires each state instituition of higher education to develop a plan for resonding to threats or acts of violence on campus. |
Pending in House Education. |
| HB 197 |
Boyd |
SCHOOL ASSAULTS |
Provides for reporting of assaults in public schools to school administrators and law enforcement authorities. |
Pending in House Criminal Justice Committee. |
| HB 204 |
Boyd |
SCHOOL SECURITY |
Permits board of a school district or ESC to employ school security personnel officers and to authorize training programs that qualify persons as school security personnel officers. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 216 |
Collier |
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION |
Grants authority for state classroom faciliites assistance to school districts that consolidate or make joint use of their facilities. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 226 |
Batchelder |
SCHOOL FUNDING |
Earmarks 88% of the eprsonal income tax for primary and secondary education expenditures, in addition to all lottery profits, and creates a new method for distributing state aid among school districts. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 234 |
Fessler |
SCHOOL TAXES |
To include revenue from all operating levies, including school district emergency levies, in the calculation determinin whether a school district's effective tax rate is below the 20-mill floor, or for JVS district, the 2-mill floor. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 240 |
Goodwin |
RE-EMPLOYED RETIREES |
Regarding employment of retired members of the PERS, SERS, STRS and Ohio Policy and Fire Pensions Fund. |
Pending in House Financial Institutions, Real Estate & Securities Committee. |
| HB 245 |
Strahorn |
SCHOOL FUNDING |
Modifies the method of adjusting the per-pupil formula amount for school districts from year to year. |
Pending House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 254 |
Peterson |
CHILD OBESITY |
Establishes the Ohio Child Wellness Advisory Council, to establish nutritional standards for foods and beverages sold in public and chartered nonpublic schools, requires public & chartered non-public schools to implement local wellness policies and make othe changes regarding student nutrition and physical activity. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 256 |
Wagoner |
PUBLIC RECORDS |
Establishes the office of Public Access Counselor in the Court of Claims to receive cmplaints and issue advisory opinions concerning the Public Records Law and Open Meetings Law. |
Pending in House Juciciary Committee. |
| HB 270 |
Schneider |
PENSIONER REEMPLOYMENT |
Provides that a member of the PERS, Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, STRS, or SERS who retires and then returns to public employment int he same position will not receive a pension while earning a salary for that employment. |
Pending in House Financial Institutions, Real Estate & Securities Committee. |
| HB 271 |
Patton |
REMEDIAL EDUCATION |
Permits a school district to establish a policy guaranteeing state intitutions of high educaiton that its graduates will not require remedial courseowrk in specified subject areas or the district will cover hte costs of remediation. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 315 |
Oelslager |
STRS LAWS |
Creates the Health Care Fund int he State Teachers Retirement System and makes other changes in STRS law. |
Pending in House Financial Institutions, Real Estate & Securities Committee. |
| HB 341 |
Dodd |
HEALTH GRANTS |
Establishes the healthy farms and healthy schools grant program for the purpose of providing grats to schools to establish nutrition education and agricultural education programs for kindergarteners. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 347 |
Setzer |
EDUCATOR LICENSING |
Replaces the Praxis III assessment as a condition for a professional educator license with assessment systems developed by school districts, community scools, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 348 |
Peterson |
SPECIAL EDUCATION VOUCHERS |
Creates the Special Education Scholarship Pilot Program and to amend the version of section 109.57 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect Jauary 1, 2008, to continue the provisions of this act on and after that effective date. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 350 |
Wolpert |
STUDENT PRECINCT OFFICERS |
Permits a student at an Ohio institution of higher education to serve as a precinct election official in the county where they attend school and to permit up to two high school seniors to serve as precinct officers at a polling place with six or more precinct officers. |
Passed the House 4/2/08. |
| HB 368 |
Dyer |
SALES TAX HOLIDAY |
Provides a two-day period in august each year during which sales of tangible personal property are exempt from sales and use taxes. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 369 |
Lundy |
SALES TAX HOLIDAY |
Provides a two-day sales tax "holiday" each august during which sales of back-to-school clothing, school supplies, computers, and computer accessories are exempt from sales and use taxes. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 370 |
Bacon |
SALES TAX HOLIDAY |
Provides a three-day period in August each year during which sales of clothing, footwear, school supplies, and personal computers are exempt from sales and use taxes. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 379 |
Fessler |
SCHOOL CURRICULUM |
Requires the study of specified historical documents be included in the high school American History and government curriculum. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 406 |
Peterson, Wm. |
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT |
To prohibit corporal punishment in all public schools. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 423 |
Setzer |
TEACHER WAGES |
Reivses the eligibility for state stipends to National Board certified teachers; permits school districts, esc's, and county MR/DD boards to pay minimum wage differentials above their salary schedules for certain teachers and specifies that teacher wage rate differentials, length of school year and length of school day are not subjects for collective bargaining. |
Pending in the House Education Committee. |
| HB 424 |
Setzer |
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE |
Eliminates the performance index score as a factor in school district and building performance ratings, makes changes in the post-secondary enrollment options program and makes changes in the requirement that schools offer dual enrollment programs. |
Pending in the House Education Committee. |
| HB 426 |
DeBose |
BUS DRIVERS |
Requires a person employed as a driver of a school bus or motor van to maintain control of pupils and provide an exception to political subdivision sovereign immunity if injury, death, or loss to person or property results from the failure of the driver of a school bus or motor van to maintain control of the pupils on that school bus or motor van. |
Pending in the House Education Committee.
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| HB 428 |
Setzer |
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT |
Regarding the reporting of and discipline for school employee misconduct. |
ENACTED: Effective Sept. 10, 2008 |
| HB 430 |
Garrison |
SEX OFFENDERS/SCHOOLS |
Prohibits adult tier III sex offender/child victim offenders who have committed specific offenses against a victim under 16 years of age from knowingly being present on school premises or preschool or child day-care premises. |
Pending in House Criminal Justice Committee. |
| HB 439 |
Hagan |
STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION |
Requires each school district and each community school to provide suicide prevention services for students in grades 5-12. |
Pending in House Education committee. |
| HB 445 |
Schlichter |
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION |
Requires adjustments in a school district's state eduation aid and classroom facilities assitance program rankings to correct certifications of tax-exempt property erroneously treated as taxable property. |
Pending in the House Finance Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 452 |
Book |
SCHOOL FACILITIES ASSISTANCE |
To calculate an alternate equity list for fiscal year 2008 for purposes of determining school districts' eligibility for assistance under the Classroom Facilities Assistance Program and their local shares in fiscal year 2009. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 454 |
Brady |
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACILITIES |
Establishes a moratorium on new "brick and mortar" community schools until 7/1/2010, to require community school operators to be nonprofit entities, and eliminate the requirement that school districts offer property suitable for classroom space for sale to community school under certain conditions. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 464 |
Gerberry |
LOTTERY PROFITS |
To require that a portion of lottery profits be distributed annually on a per pupil basis to public and chartered nonpublic schools. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 468 |
Strahorn |
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING |
Elminate an exemption from the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Law for specified educational employees. |
Pending in House Commerce & Labor Committee. |
| HB 484 |
Garrison |
SCHOOL FACILITIES |
To calculate an alternative equity list for FY 2009 funding under the Classroom Facilities Assistance Program and the Exceptional Needs School Facilities Assistance Program for certain school districts with large one-year reductions in valuation. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 507 |
Sayre |
TEACHER LICENSES |
Allows teachers to pay license renewal fees in annual installments, and allows a refundable credit against the income tax for educator licensing fees and educator-paid criminal records check fees. |
Pending in House Ways & Means Committee. |
| HB 517 |
Williams, S. |
SCHOOL FUNDING |
Establishes a committee to study the actual per pupil cost of educating students in public schools and make recommendations regarding the funding of public schools. |
Pending in House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| HB 519 |
Williams, S. |
SCHOOL VOLUNTEERING |
Requires parents of students enrolled in school districts to perform volunteer service for the district, grant state employees paid leave to participate in a child's educational activities, allow a nonrefundable credit against the corporate franchise or CAT tax for employer-paid leave enabling employees to participate in school-related activities and requires school districts to establish mentoring programs for students. |
Pending in House Ways & Means Committee. |
| HB 520 |
Sayre |
CALAMITY DAYS |
Waives the requirement for certain school districts to make up days schools are closed due to flooding and to declare an emergency. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 539 |
Bolon |
CALAMITY DAYS |
Waives the minimum number of school days in the 2007-2008 school year for certain public schools permanently closed due to flood damage and to declare an emergency. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 552 |
Luckie |
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS |
Revises the exception to the cap on new start-up community schools by prohibiting contracts with operators that manage other Ohio community schools that have report card ratings of academic watch or academic emergency. |
Introduced in the House 5/8/08. |
| HB 562 |
Hottinger |
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS/ BUDGET CORRECTIONS |
To make capital and other appropriations and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs. |
ENACTED: June 24, 2008. Bill affective in 90 days. Appropriations effective immediately. |
| HB 596 |
Szollosi |
PREVAILING WAGE |
Make a board of education of a school district or the governing board of an educational service center subject to the prevailing wage law for public improvement contracts. |
Pending in the House Commerce & Labor Committee. |
| HB 597 |
Chandler |
STUDENT BUSING |
Requires school districts to transport pupils in grades K-8 who live within 2 miles of school but do not have access to a sidewalk or past constructed for pedestrian use en route to school. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 598 |
Huffman |
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES |
Prohibits a public school or an interscholastic athletic organization from sanctioning or controlling fund-raising and expenditures by head coaches or school booster clubs under specified conditions and to permit school booster clubs to pay compensation to coaches. |
Pending in House State Government & Elections Committee. |
| HB 618 |
Peterson |
SPECIAL EDUCATION |
To specify that the school district of residence bears the burden of persuasion and the burden of production in an administrative hearing regarding the provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 640 |
Stebelton |
ATHLETICS ELIGIBILITY |
Prohibits disqualification of certain students who live with legal or temporary custodians or with guardians from interscholastic athletics solely because their parents do not reside in the state. |
Pending in House Education committee. |
| HB 643 |
Bacon |
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS |
Exempts from automatic closure certain community schools that serve children with disabilities receiving special education and related services. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 654 |
Luckie |
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION |
To permit a school district to surrender the transportation of its resident high school students attending community schools to those community schools. |
Pending in House Education Committee. |
| HB 658 |
Grady |
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION |
Requires the State Board of Education to broadcast board meetings on the internet. |
Introduced in the House 12/16/08. |
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Senate
Bills
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| SJR 2 |
Coughlin |
PROPERTY TAXES |
Proposing to amend Sec. 2a of Article X11 and ot enact Sec. 2b of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to limit increases in the taxable value of real property to 2% per year. |
Pending in Senate Ways & Means & Economic Development Committee. |
| SJR 4 |
Schuring |
EDUCATION FUNDING |
Requires all lottery profits and a percentage of revenue from certain taxes be devoted to funding primary, secondary and higher education. |
Pending in the Senate Finance & Financial Institutions Committee. |
| SB 1 |
Padgett |
SCHOOL FUNDING |
Reserves this bill number for the governor's school funding reform plan. |
Pending in Education Committee. |
| SB 2 |
Cates |
CHANCELLOR APPOINTMENT |
Transfers appointment of the chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes Board of Regents an advisory board to the Chancellor and transfers the Board's duties and powers to the Chancellor. |
Pending in the Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 11 |
Roberts |
PUBLIC EDUCATION |
Directs the General Assembly's deliberations to reform the state's public education systems in a manner that promotes educational opportunities and economic prosperity for all Ohioans. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee |
| SB 49 |
Schaffer |
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION |
Prohibits ranking a school district participating inthe Expedited Local Partnership Program in a higher percentile on the eligibility list or state classroom facilities assistance after the district's electors have approved a bond issue for the district's portionof the basic project cost. |
Pending in Senate Finance & Financial Institutions Committee. |
| SB 51 |
Schaffer |
TEACHER TAX CREDIT |
Allows a credit against the personal income tax for amounts spent by teachers for instructional materials. |
Pending in Senate Ways & Means & Economic Development Committee. |
| SB 57 |
Coughlin |
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM |
Establishes the Special Education Scholarship Program and requires ODE every 2 year to prepare an analysis of the special education funding weights. |
Passed in the Senate 5/7/08. DID NOT PASS in the House 12/10/2008. |
| SB 62 |
Miller, R. |
SCHOOL SPEED VIOLATIONS |
Doubles the fine for a speeding violation that occurs in a school zone during restricted hours. |
Pending in Senate Highways & Transportation Committee. |
| SB 89 |
Gardner |
SCHOOL CALENDAR |
Prohibits schools from opening for instruction prior to Labor Day except in specified circumstances. |
Pending Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 105 |
Goodman |
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION |
Extends the homestead examption to homeowners that have annual incomes of $50,000 or less and to change the manner in which the exemption is calculated for certain eligible homeowners. |
Pending in Senate Ways & Means & Economic Development Committee. |
| SB 110 |
Boccieri |
STUDENT HEALTH TEST |
Requires public and chartered nonpublic schools to test students for dyslexia and related disorders and provides intervention services to students identified as having dyslexia or a related disorder. |
Pending in Senate Education Com |
| SB 118 |
Gardner |
PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
Requires daily physical education instruction in grades k-6, requires completion of 1 unit of physical education in grades 7-12, requires physical education teachers to be licensed in their subject area and makes other changes relative to physical education. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 130 |
Padgett |
CALAMITY DAYS |
Permits districts and nonpublic schools to count time that schools are in session beyond the required minimum number of hours in order to make up "calamity days" missed during the 2006-07 school year in excess of the number of days permitted by law, and to declare an emergency. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 131 |
Fedor |
PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
Requires State Board of Education to adopt instructional standards in physical education, nutrition and dental care; specifies physical education requirements for k-8; requires physical ed. teachers to be licensed in their subject area. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 141 |
Padgett |
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS |
Makes changes in the law regarding the approval and monitoring by the Department of Education of community school sponsors. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 148 |
Faber |
SERS ELIGIBILITY |
Revises the retirement eligibility requirements for members of the School Employees Retirement System. |
Passed Senate. Passed in the House 1/29/2008.Signed by the Governor 2/13/08. Effective in 90 days. |
| SB 187 |
Cates |
SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION |
Requires school districts to provide transportation to the school of attendance for each resident student under 16 years of age whose aprent requests transportation. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 220 |
Schuring |
JAIL TERMS/ELECTRONIC MONITORING |
Authorizes a court to impose an addiitional jail or prison term on an offender convicted of any one of certain prostitution, procuring, and soliciting offenses and a specification that the offense was committed in proximity to a school and authorize the offender in lieu of additional prison or jail time to wear a real-time processing, continual tracking electronic monitoring device. |
Passed the Senate 4/29/08.
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| SB 221 |
Schuler |
ENERGY POLICY |
Revise state energy policy to address electric service price regulation, new bonding authority for advanced energy projects, advanced energy portfolio standards and greehouse gas emission reporting and carbon control planning requirements. |
Pending in Senate Public Utilities Committee. |
| SB 264 |
Carey |
TEACHER STRIKES |
Prohibits classroom teachers employed by boards of education from striking and instead requires binding arbitration to settle their unresolved collective bargaining disputes and to make an appropriation. |
Pending in Senate Education committee. |
| SB 270 |
Cates |
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT |
Regarding the reporting of and discipline for school employee misconduct. |
Passed the Senate 4/23/08. Pending in the House Education Committee. |
| SB 273 |
Niehaus |
SCHOOL BUILDING SUPPORT |
Calculates an alternate equity list for fiscal year 2008 for purposes of determining school districts' eligibility for assistance under the Classroom Facilities Assistance Program and their local schares in fiscal year 2009. |
Passed in the Senate 3/11/08. Pending in the House Finance & Appropriations Committee. |
| SB 288 |
Wilson |
SCHOOL NUTRITION |
Establish the healthy farms and healthy school grant program for the purpose of providing grants to schools to establish nutrition education and agricultural education programs for kindergarteners. |
Pending in Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee. |
| SB 322 |
Wilson |
CALAMITY DAYS |
Waives the requirement for certain school districts to make up days schools are closed due to flooding and to declare an emergency. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 331 |
Roberts |
CHARTER SCHOOL EVALUATIONS |
Require regular on-site evaluations of community schools, to require community school teachers to be highly qualified, and makes other changes regarding public schools. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 332 |
Roberts |
CHARGER SCHOOL RECORDS |
Regarding the application of the Public Records Law and Public Audit Law to community school sponsors and operators and sactions for community schools in arrears on workers' compensation payments. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 333 |
Roberts |
SCHOOL PROPERTY SALES |
Regarding the sale of school district property to community schools. |
Pending in Senate Finance & Financial Institutions Committee. |
| SB 360 |
Cates |
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE |
To revise the performance ratings for school districts and buildings. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 363 |
Cates |
SCHOOL AID |
Pays an additional transitional aid amount in FY 2009 to a city, exempted village, or local school district that experiences growth of more than one hundred students from FY 08. |
Pending in Senate Finance & Financial Institutions Committee. |
| SB 364 |
Stivers |
PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
Permits school districts, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to excuse Junior ROTC students from the high school physical education requirement. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 365 |
Schaffer |
SEX OFFENDERS |
To specify that the restriction against offenders convicted of a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense living near school, preschool, or child day-care premises applies regardless of when the offense was committed. |
Introduced in the Senate 10/16/08.
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| SB 382 |
Schaffer |
ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY |
Prohibits disqualification of certail students who live with legal or temporary custodians or with guardians from interscholastic athletics solely because their parents do not reside in the state. |
Pending in Senate Education committee. |
| SB 385 |
Fedor |
SEX EDUCATION |
Designates section 3313.6011 of the Revised Code as the Act for Our Children's Future, to establish standards for comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education in public schools, and to elminate the eqruiement that state health education standards or curricula are subject to approval by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly. |
IPending in Senate Health, Human Services & Aging Committee. |
| SB 389 |
Sawyer |
ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN |
Provides formula funding for all-day kindergarten for all school districts and community schools that offer it. |
Pending in Senate Finance & Financial Institutions Committee. |
| SB 390 |
Wilson |
SCHOOL REPORT CARDS |
Requires the ODE to issue annual report cards for community school sponsors containing aggregated performance data for the schools they sponsor. |
Pending in Senate Education Committee. |
| SB 392 |
Turner |
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS |
Requires community school sponsors to report to the Dept. of Education information about oeprators hired by the schools they sponsor. |
Introduced in the Senate 12/16/08. |
