[Ohiogift] Advocacy Alert -- College Credit Plus funding

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Please also ask for reinstatement of the House provision that would require 
 districts to report on gifted spending as allocated in the SFPR reports ( 
Line  F)
Sally R
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/28/2014 2:14:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ohiogift at lists.service.ohio-state.edu writes:


Advocacy Alert 5.28.14 – Private Colleges are Pushing to Charge  Any Amount 
to Students Under College Credit Plus--  The as introduced  language under 
college credit plus limited the amount that private colleges  could charge 
high school students for college credit to $33 per credit hour.  The House 
Education Committee kept the as introduced language, but the Ohio  Senate 
Education amended the language to allow districts to charge students  
potentially up to $193per credit hour. In addition, the Senate Education  committee 
took out language that required districts partnering with private  colleges to 
inform parents that there were no cost options available. There  are 
rumblings that private colleges are lobbying hard to remove any limitation  on 
what students can be charged. (Note: none of this applies to students on  free 
and reduced lunch. They still would not be charged). Please call the  
following individuals and tell them you object to any public school student  being 
charged for the college credit plus program – especially for programs  
taught on the high school campus with high school teachers. Any charge to  
students will limit access to College Credit Plus, which is contrary to the  
intent of the program. Public school students are not charged for the current  
PSEO program. They should not be charged for the College Credit Plus program. 
 Also,parents should be informed of all non-cost options for College Credit 
 Plus. Tell them that you would like the funding language for college 
credit  plus to be restored to the as introduced version in HB487. Please make 
your  phone calls now. You will likely talk to an aide or get voice mail. Be 
polite  and state your message. If you are shy about talking to a live 
person, call  after 5 and you will likely get voice mail. 
It should take you roughly 15  minutes to make phone calls to the following 
individuals:  


RepresentativeGerald Stebelton (Chair, House Education Committee)  – 
614-466-8100


Senator PeggyLehner (Chair, Senate Education  Committee) – 614-466-4538


RepresentativeAndrew Brenner (Vice Chair,  Education Committee) – 
614-644-6711


Senator RandyGardner –  614-466-8060 


RepresentativeTony Hall –  614-466-2994


RepresentativeTimothy Derickson –  614-644-5094


RepresentativeBurkley –  614-644-5091


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