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Bill Altering Ohio Teacher Evaluations Re-Routed

A proposal reducing the number of state-mandated evaluations required for well-rated public school teachers has been slipped into a fast-moving Senate bill as a way around House opposition. 

The legislation unanimously cleared the GOP-led Senate in December, but has met resistance among some majority Ohio House Republicans. In a surprise maneuver Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee added most of the legislation to a separate bill and it passed with all but one vote. Senate Education Chair Peggy Lehnersaid she expects similar language will be removed from a midterm budget bill on education that faces a compromise vote Tuesday. The proposal was prompted by educators' concerns that Ohio's new evaluation rules that require more classroom observation sessions, reports and conferences are misdirecting district resources. 

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