Advocacy Update – 7.7.23 – The Budget Has Been Signed!
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 funding). As is Ohio tradition,…
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 funding). As is Ohio tradition,…
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 Budget Bill (HB33). Since the…
HB33 - Budget Bill After passing the Senate along party lines, the Budget Bill is currently in a conference committee with members from both the House and Senate. Members of…
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 House for conference and will…
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 bill. Unfortunately, the Senate Finance…
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 in admission requirements, application deadlines,…
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 transparency and accountability language as…
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, school choice, and school security…
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 Budget Bill now heads to…
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 full House will vote on…