[Ohiogift] Proposed school funding - gifted specific information

[Ann Sheldon]

All of these documents can also be reviewed at www.oagc.com/statebudget.asp <http://www.oagc.com/statebudget.asp> which also includes a new presentation that provides more information on gifted (http://www.oagc.com/files/FairSchoolFunding.SE.Gifted.ELL.presentation.4.4.19.pdf <http://www.oagc.com/files/FairSchoolFunding.SE.Gifted.ELL.presentation.4.4.19.pdf>) 

as well as OAGC’s concerns about the formula presented for gifted in the Fair School Funding Plan (http://www.oagc.com/files/OAGC%20Response%20to%20the%20Gifted%20Cost%20Study7.25.18(1).pdf) <http://www.oagc.com/files/OAGC%20Response%20to%20the%20Gifted%20Cost%20Study7.25.18(1).pdf)>

Major concerns include the need to include funding accountability in this budget for state gifted funding (no need to study this), a high GIS/student ratio that would underfund gifted intervention specialists, and the need for more ESC funding to support rural districts. 

- Ann 


> On Apr 2, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Nancy Jamison via Ohiogift <ohiogift at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Friends:
> 
> The DeWine administration is getting ready to address (in-)equitable school funding, with proposed budgetary targets that possibly will meet the State's Supreme Court DeRolph rulings on this inequity dating to the 1990s (and ignored, in fact). So, we now see an executive summary, the full report, and the few words the 27-page report offers specifically on gifted ed.
> 
> The report's three-paragraph message on gifted ed, in purple:
> GIFTED
> Ohio has a stake in assuring that gifted students are supported so that they may fulfill their
> considerable promise. After identifying these students, they should be encouraged to take
> challenging coursework and to enroll in programs that offer college level courses and credits.
> Ohio needs to support children with intellectual and artistic gifts to be the next generation of
> scientists, artists, and innovators.
> CHALLENGE
> Not all gifted students have access to the proper resources – particularly those who live in
> rural communities in Ohio. Those students who are gifted may need to have greater access to
> advanced placement classes and specialized programs such as STEM.
> RECOMMENDATIONS
> 1. Implement the May 2018 Ohio Department of Education gifted cost study, using its per-student
> amounts to underwrite identification, referrals, coordinators and services.
> 2. Establish a work group to recommend improvements in reporting the expenditures established
> in the 2018 ODE study for gifted students and gifted programming.
> 3. Offer support to rural districts to create and expand gifted programs.
> 
> The entire 27-page Fair School Funding Report download:
> https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-RBqDzu5M79MGNpVUlBdXpsTmhyTVRtejlkRUhkeVZocUtn <https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-RBqDzu5M79MGNpVUlBdXpsTmhyTVRtejlkRUhkeVZocUtn>
> 
> The 1-page Executive Summary of the Fair School Funding Report download:
> https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1CGMm1ixA5M9lfd9dGI_yHP6TqprF59Zy <https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1CGMm1ixA5M9lfd9dGI_yHP6TqprF59Zy>
> 
> View both online here:
> https://sites.google.com/view/ohiofairschoolfunding/report <https://sites.google.com/view/ohiofairschoolfunding/report>
> 
> A look at the DeRolph Ohio Supreme Court ruling on equitable state-wide school funding:
> https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2018/08/15/School-funding-disparity-remains-20-years-after-landmark-DeRolph-decision/stories/20180814165 <https://www.toledoblade.com/local/education/2018/08/15/School-funding-disparity-remains-20-years-after-landmark-DeRolph-decision/stories/20180814165>
> 
> An overview from a think tank at http://innovationohio.org/ <http://innovationohio.org/>, in purple:
> Proposed Funding Plan Would Add $718 Million For Ohio School Districts
> The Fair School Funding Plan is out, and with it are the simulations showing how much additional revenue school each district in the State would get in the first two years of its phased-in implementation. The plan would base funding for schools on the actual cost of providing an education, factoring in the ability of the district to raise money locally, with additional funding for high-poverty, gifted, special ed and English language learners and other factors.
> 
> I hope everyone takes time to read these materials and share with us on this list any thoughts on gifted funding with the new budget.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Nancy Jamison
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