LEGISLATION TRACKER
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STATEHOUSE CALENDAR
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WATCH
SESSIONS & HEARINGS |
UPCOMING SESSIONS
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HOUSE
Wed, June 7, 2pm |
SENATE
Wed, June 7, 1:30pm |
UPCOMING COMMITTEE HEARINGS
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DATE
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BILL
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COMMITTEE
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Tues, June 6, 2:15pm
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HB 33 - State Budget
Possible Amendments |
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Wed, June 7, 3pm
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HB 33 - State Budget
Public Testimony for All Topics |
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Thurs, June 8, 9am
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HB 33 - State Budget
Public Testimony for All Topics |
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Thurs, June 9, 9am
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HB 33 - State Budget
Public Testimony for All Topics |
HOUSE & SENATE BILLS
HOUSE BILLS
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BILL
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COMMITTEE
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TOPIC
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HONESTY POSITION
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K12 School Funding: Modifies property taxation and flattens state income tax rate to 2.75%; cuts $1.2B from local government and public education
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Oppose
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LGBTQ+: Requires K12 and higher education schools to ban transgender student athletes from athletic teams
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Oppose
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LGBTQ+: Requires public schools to adopt a parental notification policy for student health and well-being and use of "sexually explicit content"; forces districts to out LGBTQ+ students to families
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Oppose
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K12 School Staffing: Establishes the "Grow Your Own Teacher Program" loan repayment program for eligible teachers
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Interested Party
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K12 School Funding: Continues the phased-in implementation of the Fair School Funding Plan
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Support
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K12 School Funding: Similar to universal vouchers, creates publicly funded Education Savings Accounts for K-12 students to be used for private school education
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Oppose
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K12 Governance: State takeover of public education; creates the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW); shifts oversight of public education to governor
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Oppose
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Equity: Creates the Ohio Asian-American and Pacific Islander Affairs Commission and the Office of Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs
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Interested Party
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Funding: State Budget for FY 2024-2025; establishes operating appropriations for fiscal years 2024-2025
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K12 Student Health: Allows school districts to excuse up to three mental health days for students each school year
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Interested Party
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K12 Educator Conduct: Requires schools to adopt a policy on staff members' behavior while executing their "professional duties"
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Oppose
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K12 Student Health, Safe Schools: Requires schools to provide conflict resolution instruction
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Support
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LGBTQ+: Bans gender-affirming mental and physical healthcare for minors
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Oppose
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K12 Curriculum: Creates government-appointed "Social Studies Standards Task Force" to overhaul K-12 social studies standards using American Birthright standards
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Oppose
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LGBTQ+: Designates March 12 as "Detrans Awareness Day"
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K12 Curriculum: Eliminates retention provision in Third Grade Reading Guarantee
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Support
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K12 Homeschooling: Changes laws governing home education
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K12 Educator Conduct, School Staffing: Changes licensing, hiring of educators, and consequences of conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession
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Higher Ed DEI, Instruction, Worker Rights: Bans required DEI training, policies based on race and identity, academic relationships with Chinese institutions, employee strikes, and more
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Oppose
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Public Safety: Creates the Bureau of Hate Crimes in the Ohio Attorney General's Office
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K12 Student Health: Regards applied behavior analysis for certain children with autism
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TBD
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K12 & Higher Ed Facilities: Restricts usage of restrooms and locker rooms to gender identities aligning with "biological sex"
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Oppose
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SENATE BILLS
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COMMITTEE
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K12 Governance: State takeover of public education; creates the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW); shifts oversight of public education to governor
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Oppose
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K12 School Funding, Homeschooling: Expands availability and amount of EdChoice scholarships; increases income tax credit for homeschooling families; restricts additional homeschooling regulations
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Oppose
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K12 School Staffing: Expands eligibility for veterans to teach without a license
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Oppose
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K12 Curriculum: Adds specific concepts about "free market capitalism" to high school financial literacy standards
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Oppose
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K12 Governance, Privacy: Regards education records and student data privacy
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Interested Party
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Child Labor: Allows minors under 16 to work until 9pm during the school year
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K12 Governance: Provides up to 3 days of excused absences for religious observance and expressions
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Interested Party
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K12 Academic Recovery: Regards dropout prevention and recovery community schools
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Higher Ed DEI, Instruction, Worker Rights: Bans required DEI training, policies based on race and identity, academic relationships with Chinese institutions, employee strikes, and more
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Oppose
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K12 Student Health, Safe Schools: Establishes and regulates "scholars residential centers" at private middle and high schools
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K12 Curriculum: Establishes the Urban Farmer Youth Initiative Pilot Program
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K12 Governance, Safe Schools: Enacts "Ohio Childhood Safety Act" to bring districts into compliance with fire codes
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Higher Ed Curriculum: Establishes "intellectual diversity" centers at The Ohio State University and University of Toledo College of Law
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Oppose
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