Board members: Volunteer for a state-level OSBA committee
School board members: OSBA is accepting applications for 2025 state committees. The application deadline is Nov. 17.
Financial disclosure filing deadline is May 15
The Ohio Ethics law requires certain elected officials, candidates for elected offices, public employees and appointees to public positions to annually file a financial disclosure statement with the Ohio Ethics Commission.
View the results from the March primary
See how school levy and bond issues faired in the March 19 primary.
Past OSBA Presidents
Current President: Christine Varwig — Toledo City
Last chance to nominate a board member to the All-Ohio School Board
Honor the best in your district by nominating a board member to the All-Ohio School Board. Nominations are due June 28.
Teacher licensure resources
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Teacher licensure is a topic that often causes confusion. As a result, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) has made an effort to create and share resources to help address that confusion. Just this week, Early Learning hosted a webinar providing guidance on Ohio’s Licensure for Teachers.
Diversity and Inclusion in the Law
8:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
8:50 a.m. Welcome
9 a.m. Implicit bias and microaggressions: What are they and how can we address them?
Handouts: Implicit bias and microagressions - what are they and how can we address them.pdf | Microaggressions Examples.pdf
11:30 a.m. Lunch (provided)
Superintendents and their families
In the April OSBA Journal, the ‘According to Law’ article discussed nepotism restrictions. The article’s focus was on Ohio Revised Code (RC) Section 2921.42(A)(1), which prohibits any public official from authorizing the employment of a family member or using his or her position to secure authorization of a family member’s employment. However, we’ve received some questions since then on superintendents making employment recommendations for family members.
PDQ May 2017
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