[Ohiogift] OAGC Back-to-School News Flash

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OAGC Back to School News Flash: Fall Conference, Advocacy Info and More

Fall Conference Registration

The OAGC Fall Conference registration forms/online registration along with hotel
information, exhibitor prospectus, Sunday activities including Parent Day,
Ashland credit, and more are now available at
[1]http://www.oagc.com/?q=fallconference . The fall conference will be held on
September 22 - 24, 2013, which is a few weeks earlier than normal so please mark
your calendar for upcoming deadlines. These include the hotel reservation
deadline of September 5 and early registration deadline of September 9. Hotel
reservations go quickly, so please do not delay. We have a tremendous line-up of
speakers and small sessions, which are particularly well-suited to help gifted
professionals, general educators parents navigate the new policy and funding
landscape. You may review sessions and the speaker line-up at the above link as
well.

Policy/Advocacy

Biennial Budget Information

The new state budget brought many changes to both school funding and policy. A
new advocacy alert regarding the confusion about gifted funding can be found at
[2]www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyalert . To review all budget documents related to the
state budget including the new spreadsheets that break out funding by component
as well as an ODE document that summarizes major changes, please go to
[3]www.oagc.com/?q=statebudget .

Gifted Operating Standards

Every five years, all operating standards must be reviewed. The gifted operating
standards are currently up for review. For more information about this process,
please read the Fall Advocacy Corner at [4]www.oagc.com/?q=AdvocacyCorner . We
may need witnesses to testify at upcoming Chapter 119 hearings as the rule
revision process progresses.
General Information

What's New?

A new president's message and links to other current documents are now available
at [5]www. oagc.com/?q=news . In addition, information about how students may
access free online AP courses is available.

OAGC members may access the new Fall Review at the general member area of the
OAGC website after logging in.

Donate to OAGC

OAGC is the only organization in Ohio advocating on the behalf of gifted
children. We hope that you will consider a donation to OAGC by going to the
following link [6]http://www.oagc.com/q=donations.

Social Media Connections
Do you Tweet? Follow the OAGC Advocacy Updates by following Anngift at
[7]www.twitter.com/anngift .

Are you on Facebook? Become a fan of OAGC by clicking on
[8]http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/pages/Ohio-Association-for-Gifted-Children
/297512603982?ref=ts .

References

1. http://www.oagc.com/?q=fallconference
2. http://www.oagc.com/?q=advocacyalert
3. http://www.oagc.com/?q=statebudget
4. http://www.oagc.com/?q=advocacycorner
5. http://www.oagc.com/?q=news
6. http://www.oagc.com/?q=donations
7. http://www.twitter.com/anngift
8. http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/pages/Ohio-Association-for-Gifted-Children/297512603982?ref=ts

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