Governor Kasich’s biennial budget for FY 2018-19 was introduced on Wednesday as House Bill 49.  The full text—all 3512 pages of it—is available here

There has already been a lot of discussion about the provisions in the bill that are of interest to school districts and educational service centers.  But for those who would like to see the specific proposed language on some key topics, here are the line numbers in the current bill: 

Topic

Starts on    line #

 JVSD superintendent appointments of advisory board members

       25583

 School district superintendent appointments of advisory board members

       25648

 Career tech teaching licenses

       32678

 Teachers required work experience

        32759

 Third-grade reading bonus

       33215

 Education on opioid and substance abuse prevention

       33223

 Changes to college credit plus

       35541

The House Finance Committee is hearing testimony on the proposal. Paolo DeMaria, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Tim Keen, director of the Office of Budget and Management, both testified about the education provisions in the bill.  Click on these links for the testimony provided by the Superintendent and the Director

You can find up-to-date information on the bill at any time by using OSBA’s Bill Tracker.  

Posted by Jennifer Hardin on 2/11/2017