Advocacy Alerts

The House Government Accountabilty and Oversight will be accepting a substitute bill for HB512 at a hearing on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. No testimony will be taken at that time.…

Gifted Rule Changes – The State Board of Education Achievement and Graduation Committee met and unanimously passed the changes to the gifted rule to extend the 60 hour professional development requirement…

Gifted Rule Change – ODE is seeking input on three changes to the gifted operating standards (a.k.a. the gifted rule). The changes have the support from OAGC, BASA (Superintendents), and…

On Wednesday, the Senate Education Committee unanimously accepted an amendment that restores the gifted performance indicator (which was removed in the sub bill introduced last week). The amendment also calls…

The Ohio Senate Education Committee met on 12.6.17. Due to the number of witnesses scheduled for SB216, the committee limited testimony to two issues: licensure and kindergartner readiness examinations. Testimony…

While SB216 was thought originally to be a bill that would receive plenty of discussion, it is unclear how many hearings will be held before this bill moves forward. A…

On November 8, 2017, the Senate Education Committee received proponent testimony on SB216, the so-called education de-regulation bill.  Before testimony began, the committee chair, Senator Lehner, indicated that this bill…

Gifted Advisory Council Meets – Last week, the newly formed Ohio Gifted Advisory Council met for the first time. The Council which was included as part of the new gifted operating…

Senator Matt Huffman provided sponsor testimony on SB216 today in the Senate Education hearing. His written testimony was short and mainly referred to the list of issues addressed in the…

This week, Senator Matt Huffman (R) - Lima, introduced SB216 that eliminates many school regulations. Among those are that are eliminated are a few that will negatively affect gifted children.…