On June 13, 2022, Governor Dewine sent a letter to school Superintendents across the state of Ohio to shed light on the passing of 2022 Am.Sub.H.B. No. 99 (“H.B. 99”) as well as its underlying goals and objectives to enhance school safety. Dewine writes in his letter that the Bill officially establishes the Safety and […]
As of June 10, 2022, 2022 Am.Sub.H.B. No. 11 designates Juneteenth as a regular paid holiday for all regular eleven- and twelve-month nonteaching school employees. H.B. 11 amends a drafting error that only granted Juneteenth as a holiday for regular nine or ten-month nonteaching school employees. To read this H.B. 11, click here. Authors: Matthew […]
In the Attorney General Formal Opinion, 2022 Ohio Atty.Gen.Ops. No. 2022-08, the Attorney General opined that a board of county commissioners is not required or permitted to enter into a contract with a general health district if the board has designated the health district as a tuberculosis-control unit (“Unit”), and if a general health district […]
A jury has indicted the former Superintendent of Gallia County Local School District for thirteen (13) counts of criminal charges related to having an unlawful interest in a public contract, theft, and conflict of interest. Jude E. Meyers served as superintendent from 2014 until mid-2021, with the allegations against Meyers stemming from February 1, 2015, […]
In the case of WCPO-TV v. Ohio Dept. of Health, 2022-Ohio-1864, the Appellate Court held that the Ohio Department of Health violated the Public Records Act when it failed to properly respond to WCPO-TV’s (“WCPO”) records request identifying how many people passed away from Covid 19 that resided within certain care facilities. Here, the Ohio […]
In the case of Girdler v. Libassi, 2022-Ohio-1846, the Court of Appeals held that the municipality was responsible for maintaining a public sidewalk outside a homeowner’s home when a pedestrian was injured when she tripped and fell. Here, a pedestrian argued that a homeowner was negligent in allowing grass to grow between the sidewalk squares […]