Law and Policy
- Ohio Supreme Court Releases Updated Guide for Child Custody Issues
- Governor DeWine Rejects Proposal Expanding Work Hours for 14- and 15-Year-Olds
- Ohio bill would require cardiac screenings for student athletes
- Joshua Alert bill could bring immediate notifications for missing autistic children in Ohio
- Ohio House passes bill regulating intoxicating hemp products, changes state’s marijuana laws
- Ohio’s hemp bills saw no movement last week despite DeWine’s blocked executive order
- Judge grants TRO against DeWine’s intoxicating hemp executive order
- DeWine executive order bans intoxicating hemp sales in Ohio
- Ohio lawmakers propose bill to increase the minimum age of juveniles being committed to 14
- Bill would make all Ohio elected officials mandatory child abuse reporters
- New bill would help Ohio public schools identify young affected persons of human trafficking
- Ohio lawmaker seeks to bar school discrimination against protective hair styles
- Ohio’s pro-abortion rights groups plan fights against total abortion ban bill
- Ohio House passes bill that increases the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus
- Republican lawmakers in Ohio to propose total abortion and IVF ban
- Ohio bill would hold adults more accountable for underage drinking
- 12-year-old dog attack victim testifies in support of ‘Avery’s Law’
- Gov. DeWine signs Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day into law
- Backers urge Ohio lawmakers to pass AI restrictions
- Ban on gender-affirming care for Ohio children in effect again after ruling
- Ohio senators want to crack down on child pornography created with AI
- All about six new laws in Ohio that go into effect today
- Ohio GOP targeting app permissions for teens
- Ohio bill would mandate ‘success sequence’ education, including marriage before children
- Ohio bill would block schools from using trans students’ preferred names, pronouns without parent consent
- Area rep’s bill would require parental consent for youth mental health treatment
- Ohio bill would boost teaching requirements for low-performing students
- Appeals court partially overturns Ohio ban on transgender care for minors
- Bill that would require school board candidates in Ohio to declare political party sparking debate
- Student meals once again subject of Ohio bill
- Ohio bill would require a state-approved historical document in every classroom
- Teens push lawmakers for stricter tobacco regulations
- New law says military kids can enroll in any Ohio district — if there’s space
- New bill looks to crack down on child labor violations in Ohio
- Ohio Senate considers bill to ban ‘DEI’ in public K-12 schools
- Ohio Senate bill looks to add party labels to local and state school board races
- Rep. McNally reintroduces bill that aims to benefit Ohio families making less than $65k a year
- Bipartisan Ohio Senate bill aims to pay for public school breakfast and lunch
- ‘Conceived children’ could be dependents under new Ohio House bill
- Ohio lawmakers are trying to increase penalties on illegally passing a stopped school bus
- Major education bill passes in Ohio Senate; here’s what it would do if it becomes law
- Make Our Schools Safe Day urges school safety legislation, honors lives lost
- Ohio bill looks to make it easier to prosecute parents who enable underage drinking
- Ohio Lawmakers Sponsor House Bill 7 to Provide Childcare Support for Foster and Kinship Caregivers
- Child care cost-sharing model brought back to the Ohio General Assembly
- Praise from advocates for child-related provisions, tax credit in Ohio governor’s budget proposal
- Proposed Ohio child tax credit could cost state $450M a year: Here’s how it would work
- Columbus police call for changes to Ohio law to keep dangerous teens locked up
- Ohio foster-to-college bill aims to bring kids out of system, into higher ed, career tech
- Statement from Groundwork Ohio in Response to Governor DeWine’s FY2026-2027 Executive Budget Proposal Release
- Ohio lawmakers want to prohibit children under 16 from using tanning beds
- Ohio lawmakers tackle school bus safety after 50+ crashes in 2025
- Ohio to ease school enrollment for active-duty military families under new law
- Ohio K-12 students will soon get up to 3 days off to observe religious holy days
- Ohio GOP continues with plan to slash public school budget, denounces current funding as ‘fantasy’
- Ohio governor signs child well being bill, supporters look ahead to budget for funds
- After backlash, Ohio GOP split over cutting public school funding
- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs forced-outing, mandated religious release time policy bill into law
- Ohio General Assembly convenes, legislators sworn in
- Ohio’s new laws: What to expect as they take effect in 2025
- Ohio legislature passes law allowing students 3 days off a year for religious holidays
- Ohio’s bold step for mothers, babies, and families with the passage of Substitute House Bill 7
- Parents take legal action against Ohio agency over rule affecting children with disabilities
- School expulsion bill passes during lame duck, goes to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk
- Ohio House passes bill to make sextortion a felony, honoring Olentangy teen who died by suicide
- Columbus City school board votes Tuesday to close five of nine schools recommended