Schools

Jeremy Kelley with the Dayton Daily News tells us what voters can expect at the polls on Tuesday.

It’s National School Bus Safety Week, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol has increased enforcement efforts. Troopers have spent the week following school buses and sitting in school zones in local places like Montgomery and Greene Counties.

There are two resolutions before the Ohio State Board of Education that pertain to free breakfast and lunch programs for students.

The Ohio Department of Health updated its guidelines for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming school year. Those safety guidelines are now more flexible for both students and parents.

The bill allows teachers, staff and volunteers to carry weapons with 24 hours of training, down from more than 700 hours in current law.

Lawmakers introduce a new, stricter anti-abortion bill modeled after the one in Texas. Meanwhile, local school districts receive money to improve security on school grounds.

The Satanic Temple is renting space at Donovan Elementary School for an after school program.

There are some plans already in the works for remedial learning.

The Springfield City School District is bringing on several Bilingual teaching staff to meet the growing need for English as a Second Language resources.

Letter grades are no longer issued. Instead, the Ohio Department of Education is using something called a Performance Index to measure a school district’s performance level on state tests.

Local school districts have received several rounds of COVID relief funding in the past year, with more funding on the way.

The Harveysburg Free Black School gave Black children in Ohio a rare opportunity to receive an education.