Ohio School Board

A small wave of new, progressive-leaning board members was elected to the Ohio Board of Education this month, including two in Northeast Ohio.Democrats see it as a rejection of far-right policies that have been the focus of the state school board in recent months. But debates over the board's focus may become moot if the recently introduced Ohio Senate Bill 178, a Republican-led measure that would take away much of the board’s power and responsibility, is passed.

And sometimes school board members are being threatened over what people think they are teaching.

Ohio is asking federal authorities to bank nearly half-a-million vaccine doses as demand begins to slow; Ohio Republican legislative leaders have scrapped plans to ask voters to approve extending the deadline for redrawing state political maps; the Ohio Department of Health director has signed some new orders dealing with the care of older Ohioans; and more stories.

The state school board has sent to lawmakers what they say is a resolution that addresses the problem of changing requirements for getting a high school…

The state school board has approved several graduation options for high school students in the class of 2022 and beyond. But board members said lawmakers…