Advocacy Alerts

House Finance Final Budget Hearings – This week, the House Finance Committee held a number of hearings on HB110, the biennial budget bill. The House will discuss amendments to the bill…

Budget Update – In an unusual twist on budget deliberations, the House Finance Primary and Secondary Subcommittee took final public testimony on HB1 (Cupp-Patterson school funding) on Monday and then…

As required by law, Governor DeWine released his budget blue print, yesterday. The so-called budget blue book outlines generally the governor’s proposed budget for FY2022-2023. The governor has essentially flat-funded…

As required by law, Governor DeWine released his budget blue print, yesterday. The so-called budget blue book outlines generally the governor’s proposed budget for FY2022-2023. The governor has essentially flat-funded…

State Board of Education - While the focus this week was mostly on other national and state news, there is some education news of interest in Ohio. The State Board of…

HB305 – On a vote of 84 – 8 the Ohio House passed the HB305, the Cupp-Patterson school funding bill. This represents a big leap for the bill, but it…

HB305/SB376 - On Friday, several House and Senate members, along with a consultant to the Ohio Fair School Funding Plan group, held a press conference. The purpose was to introduce a…

New Approved List of Assessments – ODE has released a new list of approved assessments including those for gifted assessment. They can be viewed at www.oagc.com/advocacyupdates.asp under the “Gifted Assessment Issues.”  Report Card…

As we head into the school year, there are a few advocacy items to report:  SB358 - Continued and Expanded K-12 Education Waivers Due to COVID-19 - The Senate Education Committee…