Re:        House to Vote on the Fair School Funding Plan Tomorrow; Encourage your Representative to vote “YES”  

December is here and with it the holiday season. I don't need to talk about how it's going to be different. Our days are uncertain, and that is going to be our certainty for a while. Let's move forward.

The Ohio Department of Education 

The restriction on gatherings of ten or more people was first introduced in the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director’s Mar. 22 “Stay at Home Order.” The ban on gatherings of ten or people has been extended through various orders and an exception was never given to boards of education.  

General Assembly activity

Beyond the Classroom Monthly

The Ohio State University is hosting free, virtual, monthly workshops aimed at helping students in grades 7 to 12. Student attendees get to explore math through engaging activities in a nontraditional environment. The topic for November is mazes.

Last week, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a decision in one of the cases supported by the Ohio School Boards Association Legal Assistance Fund (LAF). The case,  

The Ohio Department of Education posted new resources on the Reset and Restart Education website to assist mandatory reporters in 

Governor activity
Gov. Mike DeWine announced that a revised mask order and new social gathering order will be issued. Links to the orders are forthcoming.

House Finance Committee
The committee accepted a substitute version of House Bill (HB) 305, which creates a new school-funding formula. Testifying in support of the bill were:

Education funding proposal
Sens. Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) and Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 376, a companion bill to a forthcoming substitute bill for House Bill (HB) 305. Click here to view the bill. Click the links below to view the simulations of the Fair School Funding Plan. The educational service centers simulation is forthcoming.