OSBA Journal recaps 2021 Capital Conference
This issue recaps the in-person event and showcases the members of the 2021 All-Ohio School Board.
This issue recaps the in-person event and showcases the members of the 2021 All-Ohio School Board.
The district treasurer automatically has access to edit your district's roster.
To designate someone to edit the roster
If you would like to grant that privilege to someone else in your district, please email Brendan Swartz at bswartz@ohioschoolboards.org with the designee's contact information, and she will grant permission to edit the roster to the designee.
For districts that are in the Ohio SchoolComp program, there will be no change in MCO contacts for you or your injured workers as a result of this merger.
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From school law and policy to board governance and strategic planning, there’s an OSBA program or presentation available that can improve the knowledge and skills of school board members, administrators and other employees in your school district.
Some of the best board training often happens with individual boards on topics customized to meet their needs. OSBA has a host of experts who can provide a variety board governance training.
Newly appointed to a school board? Register for the virtual Board Member 101 on Jan. 30 to get up to speed on boardmanship, governance, legal, policy and advocacy issues.
New Classroom Quarantine Guidelines
The Ohio Department of Health issued a new fact sheet K-12 School Quarantine Guidelines. The new guidelines stem from a study that showed children who had close contact (defined as within six feet for 15 minutes) to infected individuals and appropriately masked had rates of COVID-19 that were similar to children with no known COVID-19 exposure in school.
Governor activity
The Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (Ohio State University) recently posted the following: “Kindergarten enrollment in American schools has plummeted during the pandemic, potentially setting back educational and social development for children at a critical age and impacting public school budgets for years to come. Most states don’t require kindergarten attendance.
Governor activity