In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohio S.B. 319 makes changes to education law for the 2020-2021 school year. The legislation requires the Department of Education to make an additional payment in fiscal year 2020 or 2021 to certain school districts that experience a decrease in the taxable value of the district’s utility tangible personal property, to permit furloughing of certain school employees through June 30, 2021, and to declare an emergency.
The act is an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is to ensure that the changes made by the act take effect before the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Therefore, the act shall go into immediate effect.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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