Expanding Opportunities for Each Child grant program update The Expanding Opportunities for Each Child program is a noncompetitive grant for state Fiscal Year 2021. All traditional school districts and community schools receiving Title I, Part A funds as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will receive up to 3 percent of their Title I, Part A funds to execute this grant program. The Office for Improvement and Innovation is hosting a webinar about this grant on June 30.

Preview the redesigned OH|ID portal The OH|ID portal is under construction this summer – but you can get a sneak peek of the changes now! OH|ID is the portal you use to access applications such as Educator Licensure and Records (CORE), the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) and the Learning Management System (LMS).

Public comment period open for Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities The Department is seeking public comment on the proposed revisions to the Ohio Administrative Code related to the Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities. Public comment is open through July 31.

Summer learning opportunities focus on career advising and pathway planning Beginning July 6, join professionals across Ohio to learn about career advising, business advisory councils, student success and graduation plans, and career pathways during the SuccessBound Summer Learning Series. The series will conclude with the 2020 Career Connections Conference being presented virtually on July 27.

Save the date for the Ohio Dual Language Summit – Feb. 26, 2021 In close partnership with The Ohio State University, the Ohio Department of Education is pleased to invite educators to Ohio’s first Dual Language Summit planned for Feb. 26, 2021.

New legislation provides exemption for home-school academic assessment report for 2019-2020 Recently enacted legislation provides exemptions from certain reporting requirements for parents of home-schooled students.

Superintendents, principals, treasurers, other administrators

Reminder: Submit grade 3 paper testing resolution for 2020-2021 by July 1

Human capital webinar series recordings available

Equity for Each grant deadline extended

Annual gifted self-report due Oct. 2

Teachers, curriculum directors, counselors, other professionals

Revised construction technologies standards and courses now available

2020-2021 industry-recognized credentials list available

Virtual professional development opportunities for school nurses

Deadlines and dates

Approaching deadlines or important dates mentioned in previous editions of EdConnection.

• 6/22 | Deadline to apply for Agriculture Education Fifth Quarter Grant
• 6/23-6/30 | Register for Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Programs Updates and Consolidated Funding Applications Live Labs
• 6/24-7/1 | Participate in INFOhio’s Curriculum Building Road Summer Webinar Series
• 6/25-8/10 | Register for Sebring Trauma-Skilled Educators Institute
• 6/29 | Deadline to apply for Charter Schools Program subgrant
• 6/30 | Deadline to submit WorkKeys reimbursement application
• 7/1| Submission deadline for grade 3 paper testing resolution for 2020-2021
• 7/15  | Transportation Systems Standards public comment closes
• 7/19-7/23 | Apply to attend the Ohio Youth Leadership Forum
• 7/20 | Register for Ohio Association of Student Leaders Virtual Summer Workshop
• 7/28-7/31 | Register for PBL Ohio Institute and Preconference
• 7/31 | Restraint and seclusion data collection concludes
• 8/31 | Ohio Seal of Biliteracy world language proficiency testing window for seniors closes