The Ohio House on Wednesday approved a major school deregulation bill by a 60-33 vote, changing Ohio’s Teacher Evaluation System, allowing schools to go back to paper and pencil state tests for third-graders, and giving more flexibility on teacher licensure requirements, among dozens of changes.
A version of Substitute Senate Bill 216 has already passed the Senate, but the legislation was amended in the House, and some provisions will have to be reconciled before it can become law.
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The House-passed bill added some “safe harbor” protections for charter schools and school districts that are taking in a large number of students from the closed ECOT online charter school. For two years, those students’ performance wouldn’t count against a charter school’s sponsor evaluation and wouldn’t cause a school district to be labeled a “challenged district” where new charter schools can open.
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