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In a series of meetings this week about the impact of the deterioration of the national economy on the Ohio budget, Governor Ted Strickland asked constituents to echo his request for federal assistance to the states.

Professional Development Opportunities for Contact Hours
Interested in expanding your skills, networking with colleagues and earning contact hours via professional development seminars, workshops and events? See what's coming up.

OFT’s 71st Annual Convention to be held in Columbus Feb. 26-28. The convention is where elected delegates of the union debate and set policy for the coming year, while workshops and presentations provide the opportunity to learn about how to address issues facing educators and public employees.

Want to know the status of your licensure application? Check it in real time online.

Learn about the Best Practices models for school district health care plans at an educational conference March 3 hosted by the School Employees Health Care Board.

In this edition:

          Special Education Voucher Bill Defeated, May Return

          Governor Asks Public to Join in Plea for Federal Assistance to States

          ODE seeks Master Teacher program best practices from school districts

          Free Credit Score From Union Plus Benefits

          Constitutional Amendments for OFT Convention Due Dec. 28

          Upcoming Conferences, Meetings of Interest

AFT has launched a website for educators that provides information, materials and lesson plans to help students absorb the many teachable moments of the history-making Obama campaign.

Communities within a school that transform academic knowledge to real world contexts won a Success in Public Schools award for for one Toledo school Nov. 11.

Taking a long tradition of union-led education reform to a new level, the AFT on Sept. 11 announced the creation of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to be funded by the union and philanthropies to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members to strengthen our public schools.

IRS Asked to Examine 501(c)(3) Filings of For-Profit Charter Chains

By a letter sent to the IRS today, that federal agency is being asked to examine whether charter schools managed by the for-profit corporation White Hat Management, Inc. and its affiliates can be properly registered as 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entities under federal law.

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