Advocacy Alerts

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.…

Support/Tools for Gifted Standards and Gifted HQPD – Do you have questions about how to implement the gifted operating standards½ Are you not quite sure what the standards are for gifted…

For the past few days, everyone from reporters to think-tank staff to arm-chair analysts have pored over the new report card data released by the Ohio Department of Education. OAGC…

Assessment Recommendations - As reported last week, the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on Assessments finished up its work and sent a preliminary draft to the State Superintendent. The top recommendation, which received…

Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on Assessments – The Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on Assessments finished up its work this week by reviewing recommendations on state assessments discussed last week and determining a few…

Superintendents’ Advisory Committee on Assessments -- The State Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on Assessments met on Tuesday, May 30th to finalize their recommendations on state assessments to send to the State Board of…