On January 5, 2023, Governor Michael DeWine signed Am.Sub.H.B. No. 554 into law, which was sponsored by Reps. Mary Lightbody (D-Westerville) and Adam Bird (R-New Richmond).
H.B. No. 554 requires the State Board of Education to issue temporary educator licenses to applicants with expired professional teacher’s certificates and professional educator licenses.
This bill also addresses the composition of the Educator Standards Board and its subcommittees, STEM school classroom facilities project funding, full-time equivalency for students enrolled in certain community schools for the 2022-2023 school year, the provision of intervention services under the Autism Scholarship Program, children of military families participation in the college credit plus program, high school graduation requirements for transfer and chartered nonpublic school students, and the education of children experiencing developmental delays and state operating funding for districts and schools educating them.
H.B. No. 554 also expands where multiple community school facilities may be located under a community school sponsor contract and permits state universities to develop a policy regulating student organizations’ use of university logos.
This bill takes effect in 90 days – i.e., on April 5, 2023.
To read this bill, click here.
To read the final bill analysis, click here.
Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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