BCHF participates in National Authorizer Leadership Team
Buckeye Community Hope Foundation (BCHF) is proud to be one of eleven esteemed authorizing organizations to participate in a National Charter Schools Institute project funded through a federal grant.  READ MORE

Immunization bill introduced
Legislation was recently introduced in the Ohio House requiring public and nonpublic schools to notify students’ parents/guardians of the exemptions from immunizations for school attendance.  READ MORE

State Board creates DOPR work group
The State Board of Education recently voted to create a work group to study dropout prevention and recovery (DOPR) charter schools, the state DOPR report card, full-time equivalency  standards, facility use, blended learning requirements and credit flexibility regulations.  READ MORE

New teacher licensure guidelines will hit charters next year
Schools need to begin now to prepare for a change that will affect current employees holding either long-term substitute or international licenses.  READ MORE

Training offers insight into teen violence, youth behavior
The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy in Richfield is offering the skills development course, “Why Teens Kill – Generation Death,” on Aug. 14.  The one-day workshop will feature Phil Chalmers, writer and leading authority on juvenile homicide and mass murder.  

Training topics will include:
Causes of teen violence; Dangerous youth culture;
School safety;
Warning signs, triggers and prevention; and
Myths of serial killers.
Learn more online here

OhioMeansJobs offers new K-12 Dynamic Pathways tool
The Phase I release of OhioMeansJobs’ Dynamic Pathways Tool is now available online.  

Using national data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), each occupation offers a snapshot of salary, education and labor market information, with links to more detailed workforce data from the OhioMeansJobs occupation webpages.  

Career pathways are typical paths individuals might use to become employable in certain occupations.  The tool lets users easily see career clusters by viewing 16 career pathways.  

E-school funding group to address final questions including treatment of DOPR 
The Joint Committee on E-School Funding created by legislation passed by the Ohio Legislature last fall continues its work to study a funding system “based on student competency.”  READ MORE 

Groups call for changes to transportation administrative rule
Organizations representing traditional public school boards, administrators and business officials say proposed rules could require districts to provide transportation for more charter and private school students.  READ MORE

Bill calls for mandated student safety training
Bipartisan legislation (H.B. 123) has been introduced by state Rep. Gayle Manning (R-N. Ridgeville) and Rep. Glenn Holmes (D-McDonald) to require schools to train sixth- through 12th-grade students on ways to recognize warning signs of suicides, shootings and other acts of violence.

The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) would be tasked with developing a list of evidence-based programs to assist schools in implementation.

The “comprehensive approach to school safety” would require the creation of teams to assess school-based threats and provide ways for anonymous reporting of safety concerns.

The father of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim who attended a Statehouse press conference at which H.B. 123 was unveiled shared that a group he founded – Sandy Hook Promise – offers a “suite of programs” helpful in recognizing and reporting violence warning signs.