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• Senate inaction poses largest education cuts in Ohio history

  If the Ohio Senate fails to act on House Bill 318 by December 31, Ohio's constitution will require Governor Ted Strickland’s staff to begin cutting state aid to local school districts by $50 million per month, the largest education cutback in state history. Learn more and take action!...

• Budget Solution Heads to Senate

  House Passes HB 318 - Budget Solution Heads to Senate On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, House Bill 318 passed the Ohio House by a vote of 55-44. The bill, sponsored by Representative Vernon Sykes (D-Akron), would freeze income tax rates at 2008 levels for tax years 2009 and 2010 in order to...

• Evidence for Excellence

  Evidence for excellence: How the Ohio Evidence Based Model provides better opportunities for students. Smaller class sizes for grades K-3 can lead to better reading and math skills Evidence shows classes with 13-17 students lead to measurable improvements in reading and mathematics. For...

• Please support House Bill 318

  Please support House Bill 318 and save $851 million for our schools Working together as educators, we now have the state’s commitment and vision to provide high-quality educational opportunities for all our students! But Ohio needs legislation now to close a budget gap that threatens...

• Don't Let Ohio's Budget Crisis Steal Our Students' Future

  Let’s keep our promise to the students of Ohio! With a solution for the Ohio budget crisis, we can fulfill the promise to provide a high-quality education every Ohio student deserves. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled four times Ohio’s students have a constitutional right to a...

• OEA Calls Senate Education Budget a Failure of Leadership and Vision

  The Senate version of the state budget fails to make school funding fair, adequate or constitutional, OEA said in reacting to the Senate budget bill analysis. Nothing in the plan addresses Ohio’s new economic realities or connects public education with strategies to strengthen Ohio's...

• Ohio Education Association Endorses House Budget Bill

  OEA members approved a resolution of support for Substitute House Bill 1 - the biennial budget and Governor Ted Strickland's school-funding/reform package at the OEA Representative Assembly on Saturday May 9.