To amend sections 3313.669, 3314.03, 3326.11, and 5502.263 and to enact section 5502.264 of the Revised Code regarding threat assessment teams and model behavioral threat assessment plans and to make an appropriation.
To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.6034 of the Revised Code regarding high school instruction on proper in-person interactions with peace officers.
To amend sections 2950.13, 2950.99, 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact sections 2950.036, 2950.044, and 3313.475 of the Revised Code to prohibit tier II and tier III sex offender/child-victim offenders from knowingly being present on school premises or preschool or child care center premises.
To amend sections 133.06, 505.431, 3302.036, 3302.042, 3302.16, 3302.17, 3310.03, 3311.29, 3313.951, and 3314.102; to enact new section 3302.10; and to repeal sections 3302.10, 3302.103, 3302.11, 3302.111, and 3302.12 of the Revised Code and to repeal Sections 4, 5, and 6 of H.B. 70 of the 131st General Assembly to dissolve academic distress commissions and to instead require student support teams for certain low-performing school buildings and to authorize a law enforcement agency to provide school resource officer services to a chartered nonpublic school.
To amend sections 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.12, 4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 4511.751 (4511.752); and to enact new section 4511.751 and sections 5.501, 3327.18, 3327.19, 4511.753, 4511.754, 4511.755, 4511.756, and 4511.757 of the Revised Code to authorize a civil penalty system related to drivers who illegally pass a school bus but cannot be identified, to designate the month of August as "School Bus Safety Awareness Month," and to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act.
To amend Section 381.10 of H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly to increase appropriations for the Campus Student Safety Grant Program for the biennium ending June 30, 2027.
SB 158 proposes a general prohibition on student cellular telephone use within public schools. This legislation directly affects students and staff throughout the public school system. It achieves this by amending section 3313.753 of the Revised Code, establishing a new statewide policy regarding cell phone use during school hours.
To amend sections 4503.03, 4510.036, 4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76 and to enact sections 5.501, 3327.18, and 3327.19 of the Revised Code to address school bus safety, to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act, and to make an appropriation.
To amend sections 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3313.475 of the Revised Code to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.
HB 187 would require Ohio public school districts to schedule a daily moment of silence for prayer, reflection, or meditation on moral, philosophical, or patriotic themes, instead of allowing them to choose whether to do so. This applies to all K-12 school districts and specifies that participation must be voluntary, with no student required to join, including if it conflicts with their religious beliefs. The bill also prohibits school policies that promote religion or restrict students’ free expression of religious beliefs in schools. It repeals the current optional language in Ohio law to implement this mandatory daily practice.
