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Education Legislation Enacted in the 127th General Assembly 2007-2008

Education Legislation Enacted in the 126th General Assembly 2005-2006

Education Legislation Enacted in the 125th General Assembly 2003-2004

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H.B. 448 - School Bus Seat Belts
Sponsored by Representative Kathleen Chandler (D-Kent)

Requires all school buses purchased, leased, or rented after January 1, 2014, to transport students to and from school to be equipped with a seat belt assembly for all passengers.
Chronology
February 9, 2010 Introduced in the House
February 17, 2010 Referred to Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

H.B. 407 - Calamity Days
Sponsored by Representative James Zehringer (R-Ft. Recovery)

Allows school districts and STEM schools to make up excess calamity days by requiring students to complete lessons posted online.
Chronology
January 12, 2010 Introduced in the House
January 19, 2010 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 387 - School District Ratings
Sponsored by Representative Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering)

Revises the performance ratings for school districts and buildings.
Chronology
December 3, 2009 Introduced in the House
December 16, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 373 - School Nutrition
Sponsored by Representative John Carney (D-Columbus)

Establishes nutritional standards for certain foods and beverages sold in public and chartered nonpublic schools; requires public school students to have periodic body mass index measurements; requires daily physical activity for public school students and makes other changes regarding physical education; and establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council.
Chronology
November 17, 2009 Introduced in the House
November 17, 2009 Referred to Health Committee

H.B. 370 - E-School Moratorium
Sponsored by Representative Jennifer Garrison (D-Marietta)

Lifts the moratorium on Internet- or computer-based community schools, requires the State Board of Education to adopt by rule its recommended standards for those schools and other electronic educational courses, permits the Department of Education and the Chancellor of the Board of Regents to establish a longitudinal student data system and declares an emergency.
Chronology
November 17, 2009 Introduced in the House
November 30, 2009 Referred to Education Committee
December 15, 2009 Reported out of committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 366 - All Day Kindergarten
Sponsored by Representative Randy Gardner (R-Bowling Green)

Allows school district boards to exempt their districts from certain spending rules and the requirement to provide all-day kindergarten and directs the duties of the Ohio School Funding Advisory Council.
Chronology
November 12, 2009 Introduced in the House
November 17, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 359 - School Security Guards
Sponsored by Representative Clayton Luckie (D-Dayton)

Imposes the same criminal penalties for assaulting a school security guard as are imposed for assaulting a school teacher.
Chronology
November 10, 2009 Introduced in the House
November 17, 2009 Referred to Criminal Justice Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 353 - School Bus Advertising
Sponsored by Representative Matt Huffman (R-Lima)

Authorizes school districts to sell commercial advertising space on school buses.
Chronology
November 5, 2009 Introduced in the House
November 10, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 347 - Interscholastic Athletics
Sponsored by Representative Cheryl Grossman (R-Grove City)

Prohibits disqualification of certain students from interscholastic athletics if a student's resident school district ceases, then resumes, its interscholastic athletics program.
Chronology
November 4, 2009 Introduced in the House

Authorizes the director of transportation to include school districts in purchase contracts for machinery, materials, supplies, and other articles.
Chronology
October 27, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 28, 2009 Referred to Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
December 16, 2009 Reported out of committee
January 27, 2010 Passed in House 95-0 February 3, 2010 Moved to Senate and referred to Highways & Transportation Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

H.B. 319 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Sponsored by Representative Sandra Williams (D-Cleveland)

Requires parents of students enrolled in school districts rated continuous improvement or lower to attend a parent-teacher conference.
Chronology
October 19, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 27, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 316 - Sex Education
Sponsored by Representative Stephen Slesnick (D-Canton)

Establishes statutory standards for comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education in public schools and designates 3313.6011 of the Revised Code as the "Act for Our Children's Future."
Chronology
October 16, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 19, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 312 - Internet Schools
Sponsored by Representative Seth Morgan (R-Huber Hts)

Allows new Internet- or computer-based community schools to open under certain conditions, requires the use of student performance data in evaluating teachers and principals for licensure, and qualifies Teach for America participants for a professional educator license.
Chronology
October 14, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 19, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 305 - GED Fee Waiver
Sponsored by Representative Deborah Newcomb (D-Conneaut)

Requires the Department of Education to waive fees for certain Ohio residents taking the GED test.
Chronology
October 6, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 13, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 290 - Physical Education
Sponsored by Representative Danny Bubp (R-West Union)

Includes Junior ROTC as a permitted elective within the Ohio Core curriculum and permits schools to excuse Junior ROTC students from high school physical education.
Chronology
September 29, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 5, 2009 Referred to Education Committee
November 4, 2009 Reported out of committee
November 18, 2009 Passed in House 96-0
December 1, 2009 Moved to Senate and referred to Education Committee
December 15, 2009 Reported out of committee
December 16, 2009 Passed in Senate 33-0
December 17, 2009 House concurs in Senate amendments
December 28, 2009 Signed by Governor; effective in 90 days

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by Senate Education Committee

H.B. 279 - Montessori Ratios
Sponsored by Representative Mike Foley (D-Cleveland)

With respect to staff member to child ratios and maximum group sizes when Montessori preschools combine preschool-aged children and kindergartners.
Chronology
September 15, 2009 Introduced in the House
October 5, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 275 - School Equity Ranks
Sponsored by Representative Matt Huffman (R-Lima)

Revises the method for calculating the annual school district equity rankings for classroom facilities assistance and declares an emergency.
Chronology
September 9, 2009 Introduced in the House
September 14, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

H.B. 268 - School Payments
Sponsored by Representative Denise Driehaus (D-Cincinnati)

Temporarily reduces the per pupil base-cost payments to community schools in academic watch or academic emergency, uses the aggregate of those reductions to make supplemental payments for Auxiliary Services for chartered nonpublic school students and for administrative cost reimbursement to chartered nonpublic schools, and makes an appropriation.
Chronology
August 18, 2009 Introduced in the House
September 14, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 253 - Ethics Education
Sponsored by Representative Michael DeBose (D-Cleveland)

Regarding leadership character ethics in public schools and public institutions of higher education.   
Chronology
July 14, 2009 Introduced in the House
September 14, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 229 - School Cleaning
Sponsored by Representative Dan Stewart (D-Columbus)

Requires the Department of Health to establish a pilot program to test the effectiveness of the "OS1" comprehensive cleaning system in public schools.   
Chronology
June 17, 2009 Introduced in the House
June 23, 2009 Referred to Health Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 178 - School Boards
Sponsored by Representative Jeff Wagner (R-Sycamore)

Eliminate certain requirements and prohibitions applying to school district boards of education.
Chronology
May 12, 2009 Introduced in the House
May 13, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

H.B. 164 - School Law Enforcement
Sponsored by Representative Eugene Miller (D-Cleveland)

Authorizes a board of education of a school district or governing board of an educational service center to employ public high school law enforcement officers, provides that public high school law enforcement officers are members of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, prohibits the impersonation of a public high school law enforcement officer, and specifies the powers of arrest and citation of public high school law enforcement officers.
Chronology
April 29, 2009 Introduced in the House
May 5, 2009 Referred to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee

H.B. 160 - Education Budgets
Sponsored by Representative Joseph Koziura (D-Lorain)

Requires that an appropriations bill for education agencies be enacted separately from and prior to any other operating appropriations bills.
Chronology
April 29, 2009 Introduced in the House
May 5, 2009 Referred to Finance & Appropriations Committee

H.B. 139 - School Athletics
Sponsored by Representative Matthew Dolan (R-Novelty)

Permits certain students to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Chronology
April 21, 2009 Introduced in the House
April 22, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

H.B. 113 - School Energy Use
Sponsored by Representative Mike Foley (D-Cleveland)

Authorizes school boards, for on-site renewable energy generation measures and in the same manner as for energy conservation measures, to enter into installment contracts subject to specified terms of payment, provides that energy installment contracts are subject to those same terms, and requires at least 25% of the schools in the state's school districts have a long-term supply of solar-sourced energy.
Chronology
March 31, 2009 Introduced in the House
April 1, 2009 Referred to Alternative Energy Committee
June 16, 2009 Reported out of committee
December 17, 2009 Passed in House 91-5
January 12, 2010 Moved to Senate and referred to Energy & Public Utilities Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As passed in the House

H.B. 83 - School Assaults
Sponsored by Representative Barbara Boyd (D-Cleveland Hts)

Provides for the reporting of assaults in public schools to school administrators and law enforcement authorities.
Chronology
March 18, 2009 Introduced in the House
March 24, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 80 - School Buses
Sponsored by Representative John Domenick (D-Smithfield)

Requires that all new school buses be equipped with a single white strobe light to be activated at all times when the bus is transporting passengers.
Chronology
March 18, 2009 Introduced in the House
March 24, 2009 Referred to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 68 - Nutrition Education
Sponsored by Representative Dan Dodd (D-Licking Township)

Establishes the health farms and healthy schools grant program for the purpose of providing grants to schools to establish nutrition education and agricultural education programs for kindergarteners.
Chronology
March 10, 2009 Introduced in the House
March 11, 2009 Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
April 29, 2009 Reported out of committee
May 6, 2009 Passed in House 82-13
June 3, 2009 Moved to Senate and referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

H.B. 60 - School Nutrition
Sponsored by Representative Connie Pillich (D-Montgomery)

Establishes nutritional standards for food and beverages sold in vending machines in public schools.
Chronology
March 4, 2009 Introduced in the House
March 5, 2009 Referred to Health Committee
October 7, 2009 Reported out of comittee
December 16, 2009 Passed in House 58-36
January 12, 2010 Moved to Seante and referred to Health, Human Services & Aging Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by House Health Committee

H.B. 59 - School Athletics
Sponsored by Representative Gerald Stelbelton (R-Lancaster)

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.
Chronology
March 4, 2009 Introduced in the House
March 5, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 41 - Lottery Profits
Sponsored by Representative Ronald Gerberry (D-Austintown Township)

Requires that a portion of lottery profits be distributed annually on a per pupil basis to public and chartered nonpublic schools.
Chronology
February 24, 2009 Introduced in the House
March 3, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 26 - Corporal Punishment
Sponsored by Representative Brian Williams (D-Akron)

Prohibits corporal punishment in all public and chartered non public schools.
Chronology
February 18, 2009 Introduced in the House
February 18, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 21 - School Transportation
Sponsored by Representative Clayton Luckie (D-Dayton)

Permits a school district to surrender the transportation of its resident high school students attending community schools to those community schools.
Chronology
February 18, 2009 Introduced in the House
February 18, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

H.B. 19 - Dating Relationships
Sponsored by Representative Sandra Harwood (D-Niles)

Requires school districts to adopt a dating violence policy and to include dating violence education within the health education curriculum.
Chronology
February 18, 2009 Introduced in the House
February 18, 2009 Referred to Education Committee
May 5, 2009 Reported out of committee
May 13, 2009 Passed in House 62-35
June 30, 2009 Moved to Senate and referred to Education Committee
December 15, 2009 Reported out of committee
December 16, 2009 Passed in Senate 32-0
December 17, 2009 House concurs in Senate amendments
December 28, 2009 Signed by Governor; effective in 90 days

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by Senate Education Committee

H.B. 4 - Distance Learning
Sponsored by Representative Debbie Phillips (D-Athens)

Establishes an interactive distance learning pilot project.
Chronology
February 17, 2009 Introduced in the House
February 17, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 210 - Healthy Behaviors
Sponsored by Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls)

Establishes nutritional standards for certain foods and beverages sold in public and chartered nonpublic schools; requires public school students to have periodic body mass index measurements; requires daily physical activity for public school students and makes other changes regarding physical education; and establishes the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Council.
Chronology
November 17, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
November 18, 2009 Referred to Health, Human Services & Aging Committee

S.B. 207 - Internet Education
Sponsored by Senator Tom Sawyer (D-Akron)

Lifts the moratorium on Internet- or computer-based community schools, requires the State Board of Education to adopt by rule its recommended standards for those schools and other electronic educational courses, permits the Department of Education and the Chancellor of the Board of Regents to establish a longitudinal student data system and declares an emergency.
Chronology
November 16, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
November 17, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 192 - School Transportation Employees
Sponsored by Senator Gary Cates (R-West Chester)

Permits non-Civil Service school district boards to terminate positions of district transportation employees for reasons of economy and efficiency and to contract with independent agents to provide transportation services as long as certain conditions are satisfied.
Chronology
October 27, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
October 28, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 190 - Ohio Core
Sponsored by Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster)

Includes Junior ROTC as a permitted elective within the Ohio Core Curriculum.
Chronology
October 22, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
October 27, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 180 - E-Charter Schools
Sponsored by Senator Jon Husted (R-Kettering)

Allows new Internet- or computer-based community schools to open under certain conditions, requires the use of student performance data in evaluating teachers and principals for licensure, and qualifies Teach for America participants for a professional educator license.
Chronology
October 1, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
October 20, 2009 Referred to Education Commmittee
December 15, 2009 Reported out of committee
December 16, 2009 Passed in Senate 21-12

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As reported by Senate Education Commmittee

S.B. 173 - School Funding Rules
Sponsored by Senator Gary Cates (R-West Chester)

Delays by one year the effective date of rules regarding school districts' expenditure of funds for core teachers and the requirement for districts to provide all-day kindergarten for all kindergartners.
Chronology
September 24, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
September 29, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 167 - School Performance
Sponsored by Senator Gary Cates (R-West Chester)

Revises the performance ratings for school districts and buildings.
Chronology
September 17, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
September 29, 2009 Referred to Education Committee
November 18, 2009 Reported out of committee
December 2, 2009 Passed in Senate 32-1
December 16, 2009 Moved to House and referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As passed by Senate

S.B. 126 - School Bullying
Sponsored by Senator Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo)

Prohibits school administrators from knowingly failing to report to law enforcement authorities menacing by stalking of telecommunications harassment that occurs on school grounds, requires a board of education to adopt a policy that prohibits bullying by electronic means, requires a school district's harassment policy to address acts that occur off school property but materially disrupt the educational environment of the school, requires a school district annually to provide training on the district's bullying policy for district employees and volunteers and requries a school district to notify parents or guardians of students if the annual training is not completed.
Chronology
May 5, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
May 6, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 122 - School Law Enforcement
Sponsored by Senator Nina Turner (D-Cleveland)

Authorizes a board of education of a school district or governing board of an educational service center to employ public high school law enforcement officers, provides that public high school law enforcement officers are members of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, prohibits the impersonation of a public high school law enforcement officer, and specifies the powers of arrest and citation of public high school law enforcement officers.
Chronology
April 30, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
May 5, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 111 - Tax Payments
Sponsored by Senator Jimmy Stewart (R-Albany)

Makse permanent the temporary reimbursements for local government and school district tangible personal property tax losses.
Chronology
April 16, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
April 21, 2009 Referred to Ways & Means & Economic Development Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 102 - School Dropout Programs
Sponsored by Senator Nina Turner (D-Cleveland)

Require the State Board of Education to recommend performance standards for dropout programs operated by school districts.
Chronology
April 9, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
April 21, 2009 Referred to Education Committee
February 17. 2010 Repported out of committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 59 - Healthy Students
Sponsored by Senator Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo)

Establishes standards for K-12 health education in public schools and creates the Office of Healthy Schools within the Department of Education.
Chronology
March 3, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
March 4, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 55 - Sex Education
Sponsored by Senator Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo)

Establishes standards for comprehensive sexual health education in public schools, creates the Office of Healthy Schools within the Department of Education,requires the State Board of Education to adopt health education standards closely modeled after the National Health Education Standards (NHES) developed by the Joint Committee on National Health Standards, and designates Sec. 3313.6011 of the Revised Code as the "Act for Our Children's Future."
Chronology
February 17, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 18, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

S.B. 40 - Teacher Tax Credit
Sponsored by Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster)

Allows a credit against the personal income tax for amounts spent by teachers for instructional materials.
Chronology
February 10, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 11, 2009 Referred to Ways & Means & Economic Development Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced

S.B. 39 - School Athletics
Sponsored by Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster)

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.
Chronology
February 10, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 11, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

S.B. 24 - School Nutrition
Sponsored by Senator Eric Kearney (D-Cincinnati)

Establishes nutritional standards for food and beverages sold in vending machines in public schools.
Chronology
February 10, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 11, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

S.B. 19 - School Funding
Sponsored by Senator Jimmy Stewart (R-Albany)

Establishes a bipartisan committee to recommend a system that pays one hundred per cent of the actual cost of a thorough and efficient education and requires the Department of Education to report certain school funding information to parents and taxpayers.
Chronology
February 10, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 11, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

S.B. 12 - All-Day Kindergarten
Sponsored by Senator Tom Sawyer (D-Akron)

Provide formula funding for all-day kindergarten for all school districts and community schools that offer it.
Chronology
February 10, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 11, 2009 Referred to Finance & Financial Institutions Committee

S.B. 6 - Special Education Scholarship
Sponsored by Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls)

Creates the Special Education Scholarship Pilot Program.
Chronology
February 10, 2009 Introduced in the Senate
February 11, 2009 Referred to Education Committee

Bill analysis from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission
As introduced