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Perkins told the Senate Education Committee that many of the bill’s policies are “often recommended” by the members of BASA, the Ohio Association of School Business Officials, the Ohio School Boards Association, the Alliance for High Quality Education and the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators, all of whom supported the measure in a joint statement.
Ohio teachers are currently evaluated by the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System, which Perkins called “vitally important systems” which have “implementation variability from district to district.”“Doing so has the potential to spark unique and innovative outcomes that could become a new model for districts across the state,” he said.
Teachers also wouldn’t have to have supplemental contracts with districts in order to teach classes “outside the normal school day,” as is current law.