Biennial budget update
The House and Senate both approved the House Bill (HB) 49 conference committee report this week. The House vote was 59-38 and the Senate vote was 24-8. The legislation is now awaiting action by the governor. …
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Biennial budget update
Earlier this week, the Senate Finance Committee made additional changes to Amended Substitute House Bill (HB) 49, the biennial budget. Click here for a listing of the education-related changes…
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Senate Finance Committee
The committee continued to hear testimony on Amended Substitute House Bill (HB) 49, the biennial budget bill. We expect the committee to make changes to the bill next week.
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House Education and Career Readiness Committee
The committee heard testimony on House Bill (HB) 170, which calls for developing optional academic content standards and curriculum for computer science. It also would address educator qualifications for computer science. OSBA, the Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO) and Buckeye…
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House Education and Career Readiness Committee
The committee heard proponent testimony on House Bill (HB) 170, which calls for developing optional academic content standards and curriculum for computer science. It also would address educator qualifications for computer science. The committee accepted a substitute version of the bill.…
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House activity
The House passed House Bill (HB) 124 by a vote of 95-2. The legislation would allow a joint vocational school district to submit a renewal tax levy to voters who did not have an opportunity to vote on the levy at the last election because the levy was placed on the ballot in only one of several counties in which the district…
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Senate activity
The Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 36 this week by a 33-0 vote. This bill would make changes to the current agricultural use valuation formula.
Senate Finance Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education
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House Finance Committee
The committee continued to hear public testimony on House Bill (HB) 49, the biennial budget. The following witnesses offered testimony on the education provisions in the budget.
• Rob Amodio, Norwood City superintendent;
• George Anagnostou, Strongsville City treasurer;
• Craig Burford, Ohio Educational Service Center Association executive director;
• Emily Hauser, St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City treasurer/CFO;
• Tim…
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Biennial budget update
The House Finance Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education has finished hearings on the education provisions of the biennial budget legislation, House Bill (HB) 49. The General Assembly is set to begin its two-week spring recess April 10. We anticipate the House will have its changes incorporated into a substitute version of HB 49 when members return.
House Education and Career Readiness Committee
The committee heard proponent testimony on HB 108. This bill would require a half-unit of…