Through their district's membership in OSBA, school board members and their districts can take advantage of numerous products and services. These entities become members upon payment of dues. Below is a listing of these member benefits.

When your board of education approves its yearly renewal of its OSBA membership, you automatically get:

• Board self-assessment standards and self-assessment tool 
• Blogs on student achievement, legal and legislative topics 
• Business travel accidental death and dismemberment insurance for school board members.  Coverage applies when board members are performing school board business, on school property or traveling in their capacity as board members. 
• Get on Board Ohio school board election materials for board candidates 
• In-depth resources on the school board’s role in student achievement, chronic absenteeism, mental health and poverty. 
• Legal information/guidance, including phone calls to OSBA staff attorneys 
• Legislative analysis and networking and grassroots advocacy 
• Materials on overcoming barriers to student achievement 
• On-demand webinars: Addressing Learning Loss: A data-driven approach; Improving the Workers’ Comp Experience 
• OSBA Book Club 
• OSBA Forum, monthly webinars providing timely updates for members 
• OSBA Journal bimonthly magazine, including an archive of past issues on OSBA’s website 
• OSBA Leading the Way podcast
• OSBA Update e-newsletter   
• OSBA website materials, including fact sheets on topics such as Ohio’s Sunshine Law, rehiring retirees, a board member’s role in collective bargaining and parliamentary procedure; tool kits; databases tracking legislation and district levy history; videos detailing services that can benefit your school district; and past issues of the Briefcase newsletter 
• Phone consultations with OSBA staff on transportation, governance, policy, human resources, legislative, communication and legal issues  
• Public relations campaigns to recognize those who support your district, including the OSBA Business Honor Roll and Media Honor Roll 
• Recognition programs to honor board members: STAR Awards, Master Board Members, All-Ohio School Board and School Board Recognition Month 
• Regional open houses where you can meet with colleagues from your area of the state and get updates from OSBA 
• Sample district policies 
• Student achievement promotion tool kit 
• Success monthly e-newsletter 
• Superintendent and treasurer evaluation tools and job descriptions  
• Workshops and webinars addressing various topics. Recent free events covered cybersecurity, school construction law and the Fair School Funding Plan 

Through your OSBA membership, you also get access to these fee-based services:

• Bus bidding service 
• Customized or individual board training 
• Legal Assistance Fund 
• On-site consultations 
• Online policy hosting  
• OSBA books and plaques offered through the OSBA Store 
• Policy clearinghouse 
• Policy Development Quarterly (PDQ) subscription 
• Policy manual development and writing 
• Policy manual updating 
• Professional development and training, including on-demand offerings, the Board Leadership Institute and OSBA Capital Conference and Trade Show 
• Routing efficiency studies 
• Sample job descriptions 
• School board, employee and transportation handbook services 
• School bus fleet management assistance 
• School Management News subscription 
• Survey service 
• Strategic planning and goal setting services 
• Superintendent and treasurer searches 
• Transportation department operational review 
• Virtual Transportation Supervisor program  

As an OSBA member district, you get access to discounted pricing on services through OSBA affiliate programs: 

• AbundaBox: delivering nutrition and health care resources directly to the homes of Ohio's students.
• Affiliate consultants: resources and training to effect change in student outcomes. 
• BoardDocs: turnkey paperless governance solutions. 
• GradyBenefits: a consulting and brokerage services agency offering group term life, group term accidental death and dismemberment, group disability, voluntary life and dependent life and K-12 student and athletic accident insurance products. 
• Hennes Communications: communication audits, crisis management and communications services for school districts. 
• Hylant Administrative Services LLC: offers bonds and employee dishonesty coverage to fulfill Ohio’s bonding requirements for treasurers, fiscal officers, business managers and other district officials.  
• Ohio School Plan: fleet, liability, property/casualty and violence coverage offering affordable, quality and innovative insurance and risk management solutions. 
• Ohio SchoolComp: risk management, workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation claim processing and representation for districts. This program is administered by Sedgwick. 
• PaySchools: web-based payment program that allows school districts to manage funds and fee collection online for food services, activities, fundraisers, after-school programs, registrations and more.  
• PNC Financial Services: A Visa procurement card (P-card) solution issued through PNC Bank, National Association. A P-card is a type of commercial card that allows your district to make business-to-business electronic payments for a variety of business expenses.  
• Power4Schools: electricity purchasing program, offering school districts the best deals on electricity with long-term price reductions. 
• Rahmberg Stover and Associates: salary analysis. 
• Sedgwick Managed Care Ohio: managed care organization (MCO) that medically manage workers’ compensation claims; access to 24/7 claim reporting; and access to vocational rehabilitation counselors and local MCO specialists.