Ohio lawmakers digesting the results of the latest National Center for Education Statistics report card are right to be scrambling for ideas.

One pitched by state Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, is nothing new, but very much worth considering. Senate Bill 19 would require school districts or individual schools to develop math achievement improvement plans if they don’t have at least 52% of students receive a proficient score in math comprehension, according to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal. It would also require math improvement and monitoring plans for individual students who qualify for math intervention services.

It’s an idea that passed the state Senate unanimously last year. But then it died in the state House Primary and Secondary Education Committee.

Why? Certainly the need hasn’t lessened.

“It is still needed to address the critical need for learning acceleration for Ohio’s students most in need of additional academic support,” Brenner said, according to the Capital Journal.

Other states are already giving similar legislation a try.

“It’s never too late to get policy in place to move the needle on math improvement,” Lindsey Henderson, math policy director for ExcelinEd, told the Capital Journal.

Of course, such a plan will need to be carefully considered — perhaps even with a look at how schools and districts will be able to afford to implement it. But there must not be a delay of another year in getting our students the math education they deserve.