On Wednesday, a Franklin County judge extended a temporary restraining order until Oct. 20.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican-backed overhaul of Ohio’s public education system can continue operating even as a, which shifts educational oversight from a mostly citizen-elected state school board to the governor, would cause broader harm than letting it be implemented, Franklin Common Pleas Court Magistrate Jennifer Hunt said in a decision obtained by The Associated Press.
The plaintiffs argue that disregards the intention of a 1953 state constitutional amendment that mandated the creation of the state board in order to give people more say than their governor in children's education. In previous hearings, the plaintiffs argued they would be harmed by the new department's shift in leadership from the school board to a governor-appointed director, citing reduced transparency under the new department and fear that they would no longer have the ears of individuals who can actually do something about concerns for their children's education.
The plaintiffs also failed to prove that no third party would be harmed by the injunction, Hunt said. She agreed with DeWine's administration that to block the new department from operating would cause “confusion, unrest and chaos for Ohio’s educational system.”
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