The state budget bill remains the story of the week. In case you missed it, the Senate passed their version of the bill and the House refused to concur in the changes thereunto. Thus setting up a conference committee.
Across the nation, state lawmakers have been heeding the call for parents to have more control over their children’s education.
In case you missed it, the Senate Finance Committee voted out their version of the budget bill—amended before approval—moving it on to the full Senate for a vote.
Sometimes this clips gig is fun; sometimes it lands somewhere south of that.
NOTE: On June 3, 2021, the Ohio Senate’s Finance Committee heard testimony on House Bill 110, the state budget bill.
Today, the Ohio Senate released its version of the biennial state budget (House Bill 110). As a sizeable portion of overall state expenditures, K–12 education funding has rightly been subject to much debate since Governor DeWine and the Ohio House unveiled their budget proposals earlier this year.
Our own Jessica Poiner had an op-ed published in the Enquirer last week arguing for keeping Ohio’s universal college admissions testing requirement.
Back in September in these very Bites, we were cheering because Lima private school Golden Bridge Academy was on the grow and moving to a new and prominent location on the town square. What was not, apparently, worthy of note in that piece at the time was that the school was changing its name and “going public”!
Only one clip of note today, but that’s OK. I’m still resting up from Monday’s exertions. Plus, this is a weirdly interesting one.
This headline, as with almost every legislation-related headline that includes it, misuses the term “limbo” in referencing the topic of education funding reform. (13ABC News, Toledo, 5/22/21)
Those of you with good memories will no doubt recall that eligibility criteria for the state’s Quality Charter School funding was a source of some discussion in 2019 and 2020.
While we heard on Monday about how far behind Columbus City Schools’ seniors are, here is a positive “beyond-the-pod” story where we learn a lot about another church-affiliated non-profit doing the work of tutoring, supporti
Just over a year ago, Congress passed the first
NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Finance Committee heard testimony on HB 110, the state’s biennial budget.
Several odd stories in the news since Friday. First up: some community members in Tipp City are on a crusade to remove certain elected school board members due to what they say is a decline in the “quality of education and overall health” of the district.
Gadfly Bites is back from vacation. Hope you missed me as much as I missed you!
NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Primary and Secondary Educatio
Gadfly Bites will be on vacation Wednesday. Back with more fun on Friday.
NOTE: Today, the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on HB 110, the state’s next biennial budget.
I must admit that I didn’t read or watch yesterday’s budget testimony in the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee yesterday. (I’ll be sure to be watching today, though, boss.
While Fordham’s own Chad Aldis notes a couple of positive aspects of the current school funding revamp which is now stuffed into the s
Chad Aldis and the Fordham Institute make up part of the “balance” in this story, which is otherwise all-in for the school funding revamp currently included in the state budget.
Brunswick City Schools recently celebrated its third “clean audit” award over the last seven years, bestowed by the Auditor of State.
I am honestly not sure how any school district is in financial hardship at the moment, given the Covid-relief largesse sluicing in, but it appears that Mansfield City Schools is in such a state and its elected board duly finalized a cost-saving plan last week intended to get the district out of that
With apologies to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, today’s clips all hail from Suburbia.
The Ohio House recently passed its version of the state budget (HB 110) for FYs 2022–23.
Fordham’s Chad Aldis provided opponent testimony on HB 200 in committee yesterday.
Here is a look at more “summer school” pandemic remediation plans in school districts across central Ohio.
