Senate activity
The Senate passed House Bill (HB) 166 by a vote of 33-0. Before the two-year state budget bill reached the Senate floor, the Senate Finance Committee made several changes to the legislation, including:
• implementing long-term graduation requirement changes, which were crafted jointly by Ohio Excels, the Fordham Institute and the Alliance for High-Quality Education;
Senate Finance Committee
The committee accepted its version of House Bill (HB) 166, the state budget bill. Click here for a synopsis of the changes made by the committee. The committee is expected to make additional changes to the bill early next week, followed quickly by a full vote of the Senate.
The Division of Legal Services is offering the following two upcoming events this month:
Beautiful, free posters—along with a few good reasons why you should display them in your classroom.
Compiled by Stephen Merrill and Laura Lee, the following free resources are available:
This week’s blog continues the coverage of Senate Bill (SB) 216 licensure changes effective on July 1.
Senate Finance Committee
The committee heard testimony on House Bill (HB) 166, which makes appropriations for the state operating budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, including the school-funding formula.
Answer OSBA’s call for nominations and take on a leadership role in your association. June 28 is the deadline to apply for a 2020 position.
Senate Finance Committee
Don’t forget to share your facilities updates
The students and teachers have gone away for the summer, but the schools are not quiet. The sounds of summer work fill the buildings and grounds. Summer facilities work is the reason school buildings last for decades and change to meet the new demands of modern education. Some of the work is routine maintenance and some is exciting new construction, but all of it is important to tell your community about.
Bond construction
The licensure requirements for substitute teachers in Ohio will undergo significant changes once Senate Bill 216 (SB 216) goes into effect on July 1. The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) formerly issued both Long Term five-year, and Short Term one-year substitute licenses under Revised Code (RC) section 3319.226.
