When lawmakers can move government out of the way for employers, most of them jump to do so. The same should hold true for educators, as the folks in Columbus consider a bill that would change the way teacher evaluations are handled.

“Just like businesses, schools also benefit by removing unnecessary and burdensome regulations while maintaining strong accountability measures,” Tom Perkins, of the Buckeye Association of School Administrators told the Ohio Capital Journal.

State Senate Education Committee members learned that Senate Bill 168 would “reduce burdensome and unnecessary regulations, vest more decision-making back into local communities … and better equip our school leaders to prepare our students for the future,” according to members of BASA and other education organizations.

Among the changes would be allowing local school districts to develop their own framework for teacher evaluations, which would build on the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System in place now.

If education professionals truly believe the changes outlined in SB168 would improve both teacher performance and student outcomes, there must be no clinging to the way things have always been done, or bureaucracy for bureaucracy’s sake.