One of the three core Tea Party principles is in support of “limited government,” and here we have yet another imminent intrusion of the federal government into state business. This Action Alert is already on several Ohio liberty group lists. It’s all about The Feds’ attempted overreach into the Ohio Board of Education and school systems, and it appears to undo the provisions passed in 2014 in Ohio HB 487, as summarized here on Rep. Brenner’s webpage and which include the following language:
No official or board shall enter into any agreement or memorandum of understanding with a federal or private entity that requires the state to cede any control of development, adoption or revision of academic content standards. (3301.07, page 12)
I am forwarding the Alert:
Ohio State Board of Education, Sarah Fowler, alerted us to something that needs our immediate attention.
On February 14th, State Representative Bill Reineke (R – 88thDistrict) introduced HB 512. This legislation would combine the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio Department of Higher Education, and the Ohio Department of Workforce Transformation into a single department called the Department of Learning and Achievement. It would be organized under the governor. Not surprisingly, Governor Kasich and House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger have voiced their support for the bill.
What this legislation would mean is that our elected State Board of Education would no longer have any say in state education policy, including things like state report cards, educational standards in all subjects, public school operating standards, and home school regulations. All of these currently go through a public hearing process. This legislation would eliminate the public hearings and eliminate any transparency in the process. Further, it would concentrate more power and control in the Executive branch, giving it legislative authority.
If there is one thing that we do not need is to concentrate more power with the governor’s office, especially when it comes to the future of our children.
Call your state legislator this week
HB 512 is moving rapidly through the House, with its first hearing scheduled today. To stop this bill in its tracks, we need to move even more quickly. Start by calling your state representative and let your voice be heard. Tell your representative that you want them to vote NO on this legislation and that support of it will tell us that they are more interested in representing the governor and the House leadership than they are in representing their constituents.
Find your state representative here.
Call the committee members this week
Call every member of the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee and ask them to oppose HB 512.
1) Chairman Louis Blessing III (Co-sponsor of HB 512), (614) 466-9091
2) Vice-Chairman Bill Reineke (Sponsor of HB 512), (614) 466-1374
3) Kathleen Clyde, (614) 466-2004
4) Keith Faber, (614) 466-6344
5) Timothy Ginter, (614) 466-8022
6) Dave Greenspan, (614) 466-0961
7) Brigid Kelly, (614) 466-5786
8) Bernadine Kennedy Kent, (614) 466-5343
9) P. Scott Lipps, (614) 466-6023
10) Dorothy Pelanda (Co-sponsor of HB 512), (614) 466-8147
11) Bill Sietz, (614) 466-8258
12) Ryan Smith, (614) 466-1366
13) Martin J. Sweeney, (614) 466-3350
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Source:
http://clevelandteapartypatriots.blogspot.com/2018/02/action-alert-ohio-board-of-education-vs.html
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