HB 616 is an Attack on Honest & Inclusive Education
HB 616 is the latest attempt by politicians to control what can be taught in the classroom. The bill:
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Fair School Funding
Ohio policymakers must fix the way our state funds public education and ensure every student can attend fully and fairly funded public schools. The Fair Funding Plan will strengthen all our communities, expand opportunities for those who have been excluded, and address the unfair and unconstitutional way our state funds public education.
Petition sponsored by Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Policy Matters Ohio, Ohio Education Association, and Ohio Federation of Teachers.
Add your voice to Fund Our Future.
Decisions will be made in the statehouse this spring that will affect our schools and our students for years to come. We need to make sure that educators, students, parents, child service workers and other stakeholders are exercising and amplifying our voices so that we can win a fair state budget and a school funding formula that provides our schools with the resources we need.
State budget kills PARCC, state shifts testing contract to AIR
PARCC is dead in Ohio. The budget eliminated funding for the use of PARCC, but appropriated funds for another statewide test. OFT members influenced several other improvements in the way Ohio does standardized testing through their participation in the Senate Advisory Committee on Testing.
State budget changes teacher evaluations
The state budget made several changes to the way teacher and principal evaluations are conducted. Changes include which measures can be used and when.
State budget cuts funding to traditional schools, increases dollars to charter schools
Gov. Kasich and legislators mischaracterize their recent state budget by claiming increased funding for Ohio schools. Details tell a very different story of state leaders cutting funding to Ohio's traditional public schools while increasing public dollars to charter schools and vouchers through privatization.
Legislation creating Community Learning Centers hijacked by state takeover
House Bill 70, legislation originally introduced to make Community Learning Centers a turnaround school model option for Ohio, was hijacked by the state legislature to takeover Youngstown schools.
US Senate passes Employment Non-Discrimination Act
The U.S. Senate Nov. 7 passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by a 64-32 vote. ENDA seeks to ban discrimination in the workplace against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people so that workers are judged based on their performance. Learn more.
Legislative Education Group ToolKit (LEGs)
Legislative Education Groups (LEGs) is a member-to-member education and mobilization project sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Teachers to develop a rapid response to policy-making decisions affecting our members at the state and federal levels. Does your local participate?