Advocacy Alerts

ODE/ODEW It is officially ODEW Day!  The Ohio Department of Education has officially become the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.  Interim Superintendent, Chris Woolard,

House P and S: The House Primary and Secondary committee met this Tuesday to discuss a variety of bills.  Most notably, HB235 (SBOE Elections) had

We have a budget!  Governor Dewine officially signed HB33 late in the evening on July 3rd after vetoing 44 separate items (none related to education

Amendment CC0370: Use and reporting of gifted student funding The Conference Committee had their second hearing today to discuss nearly 225 amendments to the Operating

HB33 – Budget Bill After passing the Senate along party lines, the Budget Bill is currently in a conference committee with members from both the

Ohio Senate HB33 (Budget) officially passed the Senate along party lines.  With a deadline of June 30th, the bill is now headed to the Ohio

Senate Finance Senate Finance has adopted the budget substitute bill (HB33).  Gifted funding changes amended in the House were mostly adopted in the Senate substitute

Senate Workforce and Higher Education heard the first testimony on SB 104 (Revisions to College Credit Plus). Co-sponsors Cirino and Brenner are mainly seeking changes

Senate Education The Senate Education Committee heard from nearly 70 witnesses this week regarding HB33 (Budget Bill).  OAGC presented testimony requesting the Senate retain the

Senate Education Senate Education has continued to hear testimony for the budget bill (HB33) from various stakeholders regarding school funding, career/tech, mental health, literacy, remediation,

HB 33 The biggest news of this week is that the Budget Bill (HB 33) passed the Ohio House in a vote of 79-19. The

The Ohio House Finance Committee released all 5,364 pages of HB33 (Budget Bill) and the substitute bill has been accepted by the House Committee. The