The Ohio House has rejected Senate changes to a bill giving school districts extra calamity days this year. Republican state senator Peggy Lehner says the chamber Wednesday passed a plan to let schools take up to four additional calamity days, with teachers reporting on one. But districts must first use four contingency days.
The House passed a separate version allowing districts up to four additional days off, with teachers having to report on two of those days. The bill now goes to conference committee. Bad winter weather led many districts to exhaust their five allowable calamity days. Some have cancelled classes for 10 or more days.