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Ohio’s long-term graduation requirements take effect for the class of 2023. For students entering ninth grade on or after July 1, 2019, Ohio’s new high school graduation requirements provide more...

New for the 2023-2024 school year, the Ohio Lottery’s Partners in Education program celebrates students and teachers who work hard in their classrooms and communities. During the academic school year,...

(A) The Ohio Dyslexia Committee recognizes the following as “appropriate certification”: 1) Completion of an independent training program or higher education program accredited by the International Dyslexia Association at the...

Provide Greater Access and Support to Students with the Addition of FM/DM Devices Calling all educational audiologists and teachers of the deaf! Do you have a child or student who needs...

House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly included several legislative changes to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. Most immediately, the changes effect the promotion of students who were in...

NEW FOR 2023-2024 For the 2023-24 school year, any program using the Early Learning Assessment (ELA) as part of the requirements for Early Childhood Education Grant (ECE) and/or Preschool Special...

House Bill 33 of the 135th General Assembly included several legislative changes impacting the Ohio Department of Education and State Board of Education. During the first week in October 2023,...

Assistive Technology of Ohio has a statewide program that helps people with disabilities obtain their own computer. Knowledge of how to use a computer, the Internet, e-mail and social networking...

This study offers a unique (and exciting!) opportunity for your states, territories, and districts to help shape that tool by participating in the TFI 3.0 Validation Study. Like PBIS implementation...

The Department will transition to Two-Year Resident Educator licenses, in accordance with changes to the Ohio Resident Educator Program, beginning April 12, 2023. The former Four-Year Resident Educator license no longer...

Important Update for Children eligible under Developmental Delay in Preschool Special Education The Ohio General Assembly recently passed HB 554 which resulted in the expanded definition of “child with a...

Several updates to the Restart Readiness Assessment program are in effect as of January 17, 2023. First, the Restart Readiness Assessments have been renamed the Readiness Assessments. Additionally, the benchmark tests...

The Ohio Department of Education Ohio Administrative Code 3301-51-11 Preschool children eligible for Special Education was filed with the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) on October 18, 2022...

Surrogate Parents Needed Are you looking for a way to give back to your community? Have you considered serving as a surrogate parent for a school district? You may be...

By Cindy Skaff, SST 1 Consultant March 2021 Performing a root cause analysis is the first, and perhaps the most important step in completing the One Needs Assessment (ONA). If the root...

Why Is Structured Literacy Effective and Why Schools Should Use It ? by Debbie Nagel, Regional Early Literacy Specialist, State Support Team 1 Structured literacy along with being explicit and systematic...