[Ohiogift] OAGC Advocacy Update

[Ann Sheldon]

Advocacy Update 5.3.19 – State Budget Update; ODE Assessment List for 2019/2020 – 


 
State Budget Update – Yesterday, the Ohio House Finance Committee accepted a sub bill for the biennial budget. As expected from prior press coverage, Sub HB 166 does NOT include the Cupp Patterson Fair School Funding Plan. It is possible that some version of the plan might be explored in the Senate. However, concerns about the lack of funding going to the poorest districts through the Cupp-Patterson funding mechanism have caused House leadership to effectively shelf the plan for now.  The House did propose additional funding for education in the sub bill for poorer, rural districts as well as school bus replacement.  No changes were made to gifted education. Several changes in taxes including a narrowing of the small business tax treatment were also included in the sub bill. Please go to www.oagc.com/statebudget.aspto view the sub bill as well as the comparison document. 


 
The Ohio Senate Finance Primary and Secondary Subcommittee will be taking testimony for the next two weeks on the education portion of HB166. 


 
ODE Assessment List – The Ohio Department of Education released a new list of approved assessments included those to be used for gifted identification. It can be viewed at http://www.oagc.com/files/2019-2020-Approved-Assessment-List(1).pdf


 
OAGC has concerns about the lack of assessments for visual and performing arts and the thin number of assessments that can be used to adequately identify students who are multi-exceptional. If you have similar concerns, we recommend you contact your state board representative. Contact information can be found at http://education.ohio.gov/State-Board/State-Board-Members. 

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