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Introduced
02/18/2025
02/18/2025
In Committee
11/18/2025
11/18/2025
Crossed Over
05/21/2025
05/21/2025
Passed
03/20/2026
03/20/2026
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
12/19/2025
12/19/2025
Introduced Session
136th General Assembly
Bill Summary
AN ACT To amend section 3321.01 of the Revised Code regarding age requirements for kindergarten admission and to correct a scoring error on the 2024-2025 science end-of-course exam.
AI Summary
This bill makes two primary changes to Ohio's education law. First, it modifies the age requirements for kindergarten admission, stipulating that school districts must admit students who are five or six years old by the first day of instruction in the school year of admittance. The bill allows for potential early admittance through an evaluation process if a child will turn five or six before January 1st of the school year, and provides school districts with the option to establish their own evaluation and acceleration policies for such cases. Second, the bill addresses a scoring error on the 2024-2025 science end-of-course examination, requiring the Department of Education and Workforce to review and potentially adjust student scores if a one-point question was incorrectly scored. If a score adjustment would qualify a student for a science or honors diploma seal, the student's school must award that seal. The bill emphasizes that no student's score will be decreased due to the scoring error, and it applies to community schools, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools that grant high school diplomas.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (50)
Tim Barhorst (R)*,
Adam Bird (R)*,
Sean Brennan (D)*,
Andrew Brenner (R)*,
Darnell Brewer (D)*,
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D)*,
Karen Brownlee (D)*,
Jerry Cirino (R)*,
Gary Click (R)*,
Christine Cockley (D)*,
Jack Daniels (R)*,
Kellie Deeter (R)*,
Michael Dovilla (R)*,
Sarah Fowler Arthur (R)*,
Michele Grim (D)*,
Jennifer Gross (R)*,
Derrick Hall (D)*,
Thomas Hall (R)*,
Mark Hiner (R)*,
Dani Isaacsohn (D)*,
Dontavius Jarrells (D)*,
Marilyn John (R)*,
Angie King (R)*,
Meredith Lawson-Rowe (D)*,
Crystal Lett (D)*,
Ty Mathews (R)*,
Ismail Mohamed (D)*,
Johnathan Newman (R)*,
Sandy O'Brien (R)*,
Mike Odioso (R)*,
Thomas Patton (R)*,
Tristan Rader (D)*,
Michele Reynolds (R)*,
Tracy Richardson (R)*,
Kevin Ritter (R)*,
Monica Robb Blasdel (R)*,
Phil Robinson (D)*,
Kristina Roegner (R)*,
Bill Roemer (R)*,
Elgin Rogers (D)*,
Jodi Salvo (R)*,
Mark Sigrist (D)*,
Anita Somani (D)*,
Cecil Thomas (D)*,
Dan Troy (D)*,
Terrence Upchurch (D)*,
Erika White (D)*,
Josh Williams (R)*,
Bernie Willis (R)*,
Tom Young (R)*,
Last Action
Effective (on 03/20/2026)
Bill Topics
Education
- ‐ Education Excellence
- ‐ Elementary and Secondary Education
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