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<DIV>Heidi,</DIV>
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<DIV>What does it mean? That is the 64 thousand dollar question. Sadly, in Ohio
there is a mandate to identify, but not a mandate to serve. Will districts be
able to keep money received but not used to support gifted services through
coordinators and gifted intervention specialists? That is not clear.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am sad to hear your district has joined the group that have cut services.
The intent and letter of the law is clear, money is for gifted coordinators and
gifted intervention specialists. </DIV>
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<DIV>This veto reflects the governor's proposal in his budget, that districts
get $50 per ADM for gifted, but that districts can decide how to use the money.
OAGC, with the help of parents and gifted student testimony, was able to
convince legislators that this was not a good idea, and gifted funding again
flowed through units. The governor was not able to change that, but he did veto
the accountability language, as seen in the link below.</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.oagc.com/files/GovVetoprovissionsOnGifted.6.30.13.pdf">http://www.oagc.com/files/GovVetoprovissionsOnGifted.6.30.13.pdf</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I urge you to visit the OAGC advocacy page, then contact your state
representatives and senators and tell them your story so they can begin to
understand the issues. Also tell the governor what you think about his disregard
for the needs of gifted students. There is more information about that on the
Advocacy page. </DIV>
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<DIV>Meantime, you might want to talk with other parents of gifted students in
your district and start to ask questions of district administration. The
new parent division chair, Angela Grimm, may have some suggestions for you on
how to approach the topic. You could contact her at <A
href="mailto:aecrowder@yahoo.com">aecrowder@yahoo.com</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV>The gifted students in our state need you and other parents to help make
sure the funds are used as intended so that the potential of gifted students is
not diminished or lost because they are not appropriately served.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yours in Education,</DIV>
<DIV>Sally Roberts</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/24/2013 10:44:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
vitaminh@frontier.com writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Do
school districts have to spend money to provide services to gifted kids?
I just learned that my district fired our only gifted teacher. Our
district is having major financial issues and cut several teachers earlier
this year. <BR><BR>I am no lawyer but I'm trying to figure out the
law. Basically did the governors line item veto allow districts to spend
that money however they choose? I figure there will no longer be any
type of gifted service in my district. Is that legal?
<BR><BR>Heidi Yeater<BR><BR>Sent from my iPad<BR><BR><BR>Sent from my
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