Advocacy Update – 2.9.23 – Budget Bill Unveiled
A draft of the budget bill was released today. There has still been no number assigned to it. Once it is officially introduced, OAGC will provide a link. We are…
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Advocacy Update – 2.6.23 – Governor Releases Budget Blue Book; House Announces Committees
Blue Book Unveiled - As is tradition, Governor DeWine introduced many of his budget priorities in last week’s state of the state speech. For education, that means more funding heading toward…
Advocacy Update 1.18.23 – New ODE Studies/Guidance; SB1 – Education Governance; New State Board President
New ODE Gifted Studies/Guidance Available – As part of SB310 in 2020, ODE was required to do a study on possible incentives for rural gifted services expansion. That study was…
Advocacy Update – 1.5.23 – Speaker Surprise, Lame Duck Education Bill Recap
Speaker Surprise – In a surprising move, the Ohio House voted Rep. Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) to be the next Speaker of the Ohio House. Scott Oelslager was elected Speaker Pro Tempore. It…
OAGC Advocacy Update 12.15.22 – SB178 (Education Governance Reform) Bill Fails after a Long, Last Day of the 134th General Assembly.
To be honest, I had already written the first paragraph of this update yesterday – predicting that the Ohio House would indeed go along with SB178. But weird things happen…
Advocacy Update 12.3.22 – Update on SB178 – Education Governance Reform Bill – New Update 12.7.22
12.7. 22 Update - The Ohio Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee voted out SB178 on 12.6.22. Governor DeWine has indicated that he supports the bill. The question remains whether…
Advocacy Update – 11.17.22 – Déjà vu All Over Again? Bill to Merge ODE with Workforce Development and Disempower the State Board of Education Resurfaces in Lame Duck Session
In 2018, during the Kasich administration, then-Representative Reineke introduced HB512, which would have consolidated several agencies, including the Ohio Department of Education, into one super-agency to be run from the…
Advocacy Update 9.15.22 – ODE Releases District and Building Report Cards for the 2021-2022 School Year
ODE released the component information for the 2021-2022 school year. No overall grade was assigned. You can find a guide to reading the newly revamped report at https://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Data/Report-Card-Resources/2022-Report-Card-Guide.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US. Here is the…
Advocacy Update – 8.25.22 – ODE Gifted Regional Meetings; CCP Performance Audit Results
ODE Fall Gifted Regional Meetings - The Ohio Department of Education gifted team has released their schedule for fall regional meetings. They are both in-person and virtual. District administrators responsible for…
Advocacy Update – 8.17.22 Brief Explanation of Representation Index
While we wait for ODE to release the new report card, it might be good for gifted advocates to familiarize themselves with the changes to the gifted performance indicator. We…