A truly absurd bill is gaining at least some traction in the Ohio state House of Representatives. HB191 proposes that school districts should be prohibited from starting the school before Labor Day in an effort to promote tourism in the state.
If that was not absurd enough, the same bill is proposing that the state measure the school year not by days, but by hours. In this case, the legislature wants a minimum 1,001 hours of annual instruction. The current state law requires schools to be open a minimum of 182 days.
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