ACTION ALERT – Urge your State Representative to Oppose SB 83
ACTION ALERT – Ask Your State Senator to Support HCR 6: Urging Congress to Repeal GPO and WEP
ACTION ALERT – Take Action to stop Teacher License Fee Increase
26th Annual Ohio Schools Create A Cover Contest – Deadline March 29, 2024
RESOURCES
2022-2023 OEA Wellness Grants – contact your LRC for details
Resources from NEA
• Student and Educator Mental Health
• Responding to Gun Violence
Read Across America
- Video recordings – Watch OEA-R and OEA members celebrate Read Across America by reading books
- Or watch any of the recordings on Facebook: Read Across America Playlist
- Create and Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers – resources from NEA
Ohio Schools Magazine digital editions
- April/May 2023
- June/July 2023
- 2023-2024 Member Resource Guide
- October/November 2023
- December 2023/ January 2024
- February/ March 2024
PRESS RELEASES
- February 22, 2024 – Ohio Education Association, Eastern Gateway C.C. Education Association call for Board’s transparency, clear path forward for EGCC students, staff
- October 23, 2023 – OEA & NEA recommend Sen. Brown for re-election to US Senate
- October 2, 2023 – OEA celebrates PEM Day with educators across the state
- September 26, 2023 – OEA stands with the United Auto Workers
- Press Release archive
LEGISLATIVE WATCH RELEASES
- March 14, 2024 – Reminder: 2024 Primary Election is Next Week; OEA Testifies on Fully Funding the State Board of Education; OEA Testifies on GPO-WEP Repeal Resolution
- February 20, 2024 – REMINDER: Voter Registration Deadline and Early Voting Dates for March 19, 2024, Primary Election; OEA Issues First Round of Candidate Recommendations for the 2024 Election; Call to Action: Urge your Legislators to Fully Fund the State Board, don’t increase educator licensure fees; Voucher Accountability Bill Introduced; Anti-Lunch Shaming Bill Introduced in Ohio House; New Bill will Accomplish OEA Goal of $50k State Minimum Starting Teacher Salary
- February 6, 2024 – Contact Your Member of Congress About the Need to Repeal GPO/WEP; Ohio General Assembly Overrides Governor’s Veto of HB (House Bill) 68
- December 18, 2023 – Ohio General Assembly Concludes Work for 2023; OEA Asks Members to Call Governor DeWine to Urge Veto of HB 68
- December 11, 2023 – House Passes Resolution on GPO and WEP Repeal; Passes Bill Regarding STRS Board Elections and Student Teacher Eligibility; Please Continue your Advocacy Opposing SB 83, the Higher Education “Destruction” Act
- December 8, 2023 – Senate Bill 83 Narrowly Passes out of the Ohio House Higher Education Committee
- December 4, 2023 – Senate Bill 83 Continues to Receive Substantial Opposition; OEA Launches Updated Legislative Scorecard; Take Action on GPO/WEP Repeal
- Legislative Watch archive
- Legislative Scorecard – An interactive Legislative scorecard for each member of the Ohio General Assembly
EVENTS
- March 22-24 – NEA ESP National Conference
- April 5-7 – OEA-AE Spring Leadership Conference
- April 15 – OEA-Retired Racial and Social Justice Committee Book Study webinar
- April 20 – Classic for Columbus College Basketball All-Star Game
- April 23 – Zoom with Freedom Fighter and Civil Rights Activist Charles Black
- April 25 – OEA-R Spring Conference
- April 26 – OASNP Annual Conference
- May 17 & 18 – 2024 OEA Minority Leadership Training Program
- June 20-22 – 2024 OEA Summer Leadership Academy
- Educator Appreciation Nights with the Cleveland Cavaliers
- March 20, 2024 – Miami Heat at the Cleveland Cavaliers
- March 25, 2024 – Charlotte Hornets at the Cleveland Cavaliers
- April 10, 2024 – Memphis Grizzlies at the Cleveland Cavaliers
- April 12, 2024 – Indiana Pacers at the Cleveland Cavaliers
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