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OEA Applauds State Controlling Board Decision to Approve Full Funding for the State Board of Education
At the August 19, 2024, Ohio Controlling Board hearing, State Representative Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville) moved to amend the $1.85 million emergency State Board of Education (SBOE) funding request to provide full funding of $4.66 million in Fiscal Year 2025. The amended motion was approved.
Fully funding the State Board means that the Board can support the Resident Educator program, ensure the safety and well-being of students by conducting comprehensive, necessary background checks in a timely manner, help address educator recruitment and retention, and ensure timely completion of misconduct investigations so educator rights are protected without increasing licensure fees on teachers.
OEA extends its gratitude to the Ohio House leadership, to State Representative Jay Edwards (R-Nelsonville) and State Representative Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake), and members of the Controlling Board for their continued work to ensure that closing the State Board’s funding gap was not placed on the backs of Ohio’s educators. Finally, OEA also thanks the many members throughout the state who advocated for the funding for the State Board. Without your continued advocacy, which sent 5,400 letters to members of the Ohio General Assembly and Governor DeWine, this outcome would not have been possible.
Click here to read a recent WOSU article about the Controlling Board’s action.
Back-2-School Gathering
Central is hosting a Back-2-School gathering at the Hofbräuhaus Columbus (800 Goodale Blvd, Columbus, OH 43212) on Aug 21 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM for all members. We will have food, beverages, networking and giveaways.
Interested in joining us? Please register by August 16. To register
- Log in to your Central account at www.centraloeanea.org (or create an account if you don’t have one)
- Scroll to the “Back-2-School” event and click “Going”. Wait a short moment for it to register. That’s it.
Register Now for the 2024 OEA Summer Leadership Academy
2024 OEA Summer Leadership Academy
June 20-22,2024
Hilton Columbus Downtown
402 North High Street
| Registration is now open for the 2024 OEA Summer Leadership Academy:
Learning and Leading: Leveraging Our Power for Public Education. Join your colleagues in Columbus for this remarkable event. This year, the $100.00 registration fee includes your registration, hotel (double occupancy), all scheduled meals and:
Additional details about the 2024 OEA Summer Leadership Academy can be found here: https://www.ohea.org/summer-leadership-academy. |
Cooper to Receive Accolade Award
REA treasurer, Kim Cooper, earned the Accolade Award from Central OEA/NEA for recognition of exceptional service to members in support of the Association’s services and programing. Central President, Adrian Bowden, and Vice President, Jim Templeton awarded this to Kim at the Central Representative meeting this spring.
2024 Central Diversity Conference
The 2024 Central Diversity Conference will take place virtually on February 3rd starting at 9:00 a.m. The theme this year is:
How to: Hurdle Language and Cultural Barriers.
To register
1. Log in to or create your Central account (https://www.centraloeanea.org/)
2. Scroll down to “Central Diversity Conference” and click “Going”
3. Wait a short moment for it to register. That’s it.