{"id":239,"date":"2020-06-04T12:56:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reynoldsburgea.ohea.us\/?p=239"},"modified":"2020-06-04T12:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:56:18","slug":"ohio-house-passes-testing-reduction-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reynoldsburgea.ohea.us\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Ohio House Passes Testing Reduction Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Headliner\"<\/a>On Thursday, May 29, 2020, the Ohio House passed House Bill 239 with strong, bipartisan support by a vote of 78-14.\u00a0 The bill, jointly sponsored by Representatives Gayle Manning (R- North Ridgeville) and Erica Crawley (D- Columbus) seeks to reduce the amount of time that students spend on tests required by the state and local school districts in effort to restore instructional time to the classroom.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0OEA strongly supports HB 239 and would like to thank the sponsors for their hard work on the legislation as well as all House members who supported the bill.<\/p>\n

Prior to its passage, the bill was amended several times this week.\u00a0 In its final hearing before the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee, two amendments were added to the bill.\u00a0 One amendment reduced the number of state-required end-of-course exams by combining the assessments in American History and American Government into a single test.\u00a0 The second amendment exempts the 2020-2021 school year from the student retention requirement tied to the Third Grade Reading Guarantee. \u00a0The bill was approved unanimously by the Committee.\u00a0 On the House floor, the bill was amended to make student participation in the ACT\/SAT voluntary.\u00a0 However, the state will continue to offer a paid administration of the test for high school juniors who choose to take it.<\/p>\n

As passed by the House, the bill now includes the following provisions:<\/p>\n