A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would standardize kindergarten cutoff dates – with an amendment that would correct a scoring error on state biology tests for high school students.
The Ohio Senate Education Committee advanced legislation that would create uniform kindergarten enrollment dates statewide while also correcting a biology test scoring error affecting high school students.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -A state legislative committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would standardize kindergarten cutoff dates – with an amendment that would correct a scoring error on state biology tests for high school students. The bill is expected to be on the floor Wednesday, said John Fortney, a spokesman for Ohio Senate President Rob McColley, a Henry County Republican who influences the voting schedule.Under current law, local school boards must pass resolutions requiring children to be five years old by Aug. 1 or Sept. 30 to enter kindergarten. This can create problems for students who, for instance, don’t turn five until Aug. 2 in a district with an Aug. 1 cutoff – even if the school year doesn’t start until Aug. 20. It also creates a patchwork of cutoff dates. One district may set the date on Aug. 1, and an adjacent district may set it on Sept. 30, meaning a child may have to wait an extra year because they live across from the boundary of a district where they could have entered school. The cutoff had been on Aug. 1, but in 2021, the legislature began allowing each district to choose whether to set it on Sept. 30 or Aug. 1. Lawmakers sponsoring the billStudents were asked to rank seven chromosome alleles based on recombination frequencies. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce determined the test vendor scored one, 1-point answer incorrectly. The amendment passed in the education committee gives students who marked the answer that was ultimately correct credit, which will improve their final scores. The question will not count toward the final scores of all other students.With the correction, 529 students will move from “basic” to “proficient” on the test, making them eligible for the Science Diploma Seal. Ohio students must choosethat demonstrate they’re ready for their next stages in life, such as the college seal or the military seal. Rep. Adam Bird, a Cincinnati-area Republican who is sponsoring HB 114, supported the amendment being added onto his bill.Laura Hancock is an award-winning politics and policy reporter in Columbus for cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. She primarily covers K-12 schools, higher education and child care. She also occasionally...If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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