The Senate Education Committee could add language requiring schools to crack down on students' use of mobile devices to a noncontroversial House-passed bill.
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers on Tuesday debuted their proposal to eliminate the non-business credit for non-resident property owners and instead use those resources to help local governments grow the housing supply.
Legislative language requiring school districts to crack down on students' mobile device use is expected to make its debut soon.
The Senate Workforce & Higher Education Committee is devoting a significant amount of its time this spring to pressing university leaders on their plans to address ongoing changes to the postsecondary landscape.
Gov. Mike DeWine used his State of the State Address to call on lawmakers to protect the state's children, deeming them Ohio's "most precious resource."
Lisa DeGeeter, director of systems advocacy and policy counsel for the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, said the group supports the goals of the bill but would like to see a few changes.
Republican members of the Controlling Board on Monday questioned the Department of Natural Resources' land acquisition strategy following the agency's request to purchase three parcels from conservancies at the same cost acquired just a few years prior.
A plan mandating state universities and colleges disclose certain financial information to new students is headed back to a skeptical House with a hefty $1.4 billion in mostly bond-backed appropriations.