Transcript Ohio’s Educational Service Centers Update

Educational Service Centers:
A National & State Perspective
Ohio School Boards Association &
Ohio ESC Association
Annual Joint Workshop
March 27, 2009
Craig Burford, Executive Director
Ohio ESC Association
[email protected]
Overview
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National Perspective of Educational
Service Agencies (ESAs)
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State ESC Trends and Perspectives
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FY 2010-2011 State Operating Budget
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Setting the Stage: Challenges Facing Ohio
Strickland Administration’s Executive Budget
Proposal
Revenue and Spending
Education Policy Proposals
Education Reform
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School Funding Reform
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Other
Politics of State Budgeting
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Opportunities for ESCs
Educational Service Agencies (ESAs)
A National Perspective
Educational Service Agencies
4 Regions
45 States
553 Agencies
ESA Nomenclature
AEA
BOCES
CESA
COE
EC
ESA
ESC
ESD
ESU
ISC
ISD
IU
REC
RESA
RESC
ROE
RRC
SC
Area Education Agency
Board of Cooperative Educational Services
Cooperative Education Service Agency
County Office of Education
Educational Cooperative
Education Service Agency
Education Service Center / Cooperative / Commission
Educational Service District
Education Service Unit
Intermediate Service Center
Intermediate School District
Intermediate Unit
Regional Education(al) Cooperative
Regional Education Service Agency
Regional Education Service Center
Regional Office of Education
Regional Resource Center
Service Cooperative
Governance
ESA Board Member Selection Process
(5) Elected by the general public - *California, Illinois,
Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon
(16) Elected/Appointed by LEA Board Members Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, North Dakota,
Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Dakota
Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, West Virginia
(22) States where LEA Superintendents make up the
boards Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Georgia,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont
and Utah
(1) State without Boards – Arizona
(1) Board made up of Chief State School Officers - Hawaii
Governance (cont.)
Category
1.
2.
ESA Boards
States Members
States where ESA Boards are
the Superintendents
22
5-74
Indefinite
States where LEA Boards elect
the ESA Boards
16
5-40
1-6
5-15
3-5
States where ESA Boards are
elected by the public
5
4.
States without Boards
1
0
5.
ESAs with Chief State School
1
10
3.
Term
Total Number of States
45
0
Indefinite
Educational Service Agency Services
316
308
297
253
251
239
Adult Education
Media/Instructional Libraries
Vocational Education
Gifted Education
Incarcerated Students
Student Testing/Evaluation Computer
and Audio-Visual Repair
ESA Services (cont.)
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186
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164
159
147
Personnel
Recruitment/Screening
Printing Center
Insurance Services
Safety/Risk Management
Teacher Training Centers
Telecommunications/Distance Learning
128 Energy Management
What State Level Policies Contribute to the
Effectiveness of Regional Delivery Systems?
-ESAs will assist SDOE and SBE in carrying out their duties.
-ESAs will help insure equity and equal access for all students.
-ESAs will develop cost effective cooperatives that meet LEA
needs.
-Where a basic level of funding is established for core services
-Where ESAs have permissive rather than specific authority
-Where coordination of agency services is supported by the
State
-Where ESAs can leverage effectiveness of scale (cost
effectiveness)
What State Level Policies are Barriers to
Effective Services?
• Where ESAs are required to provide assistance and also act
as the regulatory arm (professional development – vs –
certification requirements).
• Where services are a patchwork (i.e. professional
development, special education and technology).
• When ESAs have traditional geographic and/or arbitrary
boundaries.
• When ESAs do not have the ability to execute inter-local
agreements.
• When ESAs lack performance and/or accountability
standards.
AESA Research
 ESA Accountability & Accreditation Systems
 Alternative Certification
 Profile of State Associations
 Compilation of State Network Annual Reports
 Great Lakes ESAs Study
 How Superintendents/CEO’s View the Frequency of
Common Network Leadership and Management
Challenges Facing Their Agencies
 Entrepreneurial ESAs
Pressing Federal Issues
 Funding/Appropriations
 ESEA – Reauthorization
 IDEA – Funding & Fixing Regulations
 Medicaid
 Higher Ed
 E-Rate
The usage of ESA services will grow and
expand
Accountability policies that identify “failing” schools pose an
urgent policy challenge for state governments. Public
identification of schools where performance falls below
acceptable standards implies an obligation to turn these schools
around, but our knowledge about how to make ineffective
schools effective remains limited. In this paper we ask which
institutions— school districts, state governments, mayors’
offices, universities, for-profit education management
organizations, or regional education service agencies— are best
suited to turn around “failing” schools, on the basis of three
criteria: capacity, scale, and trust. Our analysis suggests
that regional education service agencies are especially
strong candidates to meet this challenge.
(Arsen, Bell and Plank, 2004)
Educational Service Centers
A State Perspective
Ohio’s ESCs
State
Year
Established
Original #
of Units
19941995
2009
Common
ESA Title in
the Great
Lakes
Region
Illinois
1865
102
45
45
Regional Offices
of Education
(ROEs)
Indiana
1976
4
9
9
Educational
Service Centers
(ESCs)
Michigan
1962
60
57
57
Intermediate
School Districts
(ISDs)
Ohio
1914
88
72
57
Educational
Service Centers
(ESCs)
Wisconsin
1963
19
12
12
Cooperative
Educational
Service Agencies
(CESAs)
Governor’s Education Reform Process
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9 Policy Areas of Focus
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State Accountability
District School Board & Governing Authority Leadership
Charter School Accountability
Quality Teaching
Professional Learning Communities
Creative, Innovative and Safe Learning Environments
Closing the Achievement Gap & Graduation Gap
Standards & Testing
Adequate Funding
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Education Reform vs. School Funding Reform
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Transformational Dialogue, Institute for Creativity and
Innovation in Education, Stakeholder Working Groups,
Regional Meetings – how does this all align and inform
the work?
Governor’s Ed Reform Process (cont.)
9 Policy Areas: Education
Reform Process Summary
State Accountability
District School Board &
Governing Authority Leadership
Charter School Accountability
Quality Teaching
Professional Learning
Communities
Creative, Innovative, and Safe
Learning Environments
Closing the Achievement Gap
and Graduation Gap
Standards and Testing
Adequate Funding
Where do
ESCs fit?
6 Key Principles: State of the State
Address
Strengthen our Commitment to Public
Education
A Modern Education Must be Directly
Linked to Economic Prosperity
We Need to Identify the Great Strengths
of our Schools
Our Best Teachers Can Show Us What
Works Best in the Classroom
We Must Strive to Develop a Specific,
Personalized education Program that
Identifies how Each Individual Student
Learns and Use the Teaching Methods
Appropriate to that Student’s Needs and
Abilities
Testing and Assessment will Continue
to Answer Accountability Questions. But
their most important role will be to Guide
Personalized and Individualized
Education
Governor’s 7 Policy Priorities:
2010-2011 OBM Budget Guidance
Documents
Provide High Quality Early Child Care and
Education
Create Schools that Work for Every Child
Increase the Number of Students in
Ohio’s Colleges and Universities
Build on Ohio’s regional economics and
globally competitive industries
Provide all Ohioans the opportunities to
attin skills for high-quality jobs
Stabilize health costs for government and
businesses and advance the health of our
citizens
Retain, create and attract jobs for Ohio
workers.
State Budgeting Process
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April – Budget Development Begins 9 Months Prior to
Budget Release.
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January - State of the State Address Identifies
Executive Priorities and Sets State Budget Policy
Direction
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February - Executive Budget Released Within Four
Weeks of the Organization of the General Assembly
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February/March - House Deliberates
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April/May - Senate Deliberates
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June - Conference Committee Reconciles Differences
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June 30 - Balanced Budget Signed
Ohio’s Economic and Educational
Challenges: Setting the Context
How Ohio Ranks
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47th in Economic Momentum
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Ohio is 38th in higher education attainment rates
with only 23 percent of the population (25 years+)
having a bachelor’s degree or higher.
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Ohio lost 3.7 percent of non-farm jobs from 20002007 (Worst seven year loss since Great
Depression).
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During same time period, Ohio lost 23.3 percent of
manufacturing jobs, 27 percent of management
jobs, and 13 percent of high tech jobs.
Ohio’s Economic and Educational Challenges:
Setting the Context
How Ohio Ranks
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Ohio was the largest net exporter of talent in the
1990s (adults 20-54).
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The trend continued into the new millenium
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Net migration numbers show approximately 31,600
residents leaving Ohio each year from 2000 to 2004.
By 2030, the Census Bureau projects that Ohio will
drop from being the 7th most populous state to the
9th. Michigan will fall out of the top 10.
Executive Budget Proposal
State of the State Address Sets Policy Direction:
Strickland’s Priorities
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Education
a)
Primary and Secondary & Higher Education
Healthcare
Jobs
Economic Development
Government Efficiency
Key Budget Call(s) – Retaining Republican
Enacted Tax Reforms, Not Raising Taxes,
Maintaining Most State Services
Executive Budget Proposal
Academic Reforms
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21st Century Skills and Core Knowledge
21st Century Learning Environments
Academic Supports and Additional Learning Opportunities
Community and Family Engagement
Focus on Creativity and Innovation
Quality Teaching
Life and Career Readiness Courses for Middle School
Students
Universal All-Day Kindergarten
Expansion of the School Year by 20 days Over 10 years
Executive Budget Proposal:
Academic Reforms (cont.)
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Dedicated Resources to Instructional Materials and
Enrichment Activities
One RN in Each district and Nurse Wellness Coordinator
(LPN) in Each Building
Family and Community Engagement Team in Each District
Family and Community Coordinator in Each Building
4-Year Residency and Career Ladder for Teachers
Create “Teach Ohio” Program
Provide Additional Time for Teacher Collaboration
Strengthen Licensing Standards of Principals, Business
Managers, Treasurers and Superintendents
Other
Executive Budget Proposal
Funding Reforms
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Ohio’s Evidence-Based Model for Funding a 21st
Century Education
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Eliminate Charge off “Phantom Revenue”
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Reduce Reappraisal “Phantom Revenue” by Providing
Local Communities with a Tool to Let Resources Grow
at the 20 Mill Floor
Executive Budget Proposal (cont)
OEBM Funding Components
Many of these reflect services ESCs already provide to member districts. OESCA
believes nothing should prohibit districts from continuing to utilize ESCs in the
provision of these and other services.
•School Size
•Supervisory Aides
•Class Size
•Media Services
•Full-Day Kindergarten
•Technology and Equipment
•Limited English Proficient (LEP)
•Instructional Materials
•Core Teachers
•Principals
•Ohio Instructional Quality Index
•Clerical/Building Manager
•Specialist Teachers
•Counselor
•Career-Technical Teachers
•Nurse Wellness Coordinator
•Lead Teachers
•Registered Nurse
•Tutors
•Support Staff for Low Income Students
•Summer School
•Professional Development
•Students with Disabilities
•Operations and Maintenance
•Gifted Students
•District Level Administration
•Student Enrichment
Executive Budget Proposal:
Accountability Reform
Accountability Reforms
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Demands fiscal, operational and academic
accountability and transparency.
Seeks to ensure taxpayers know exactly how
their dollars are being spent, right down to
an individual school building’s budget.
Building Site Visits and District Performance
Audits.
In Addition, Includes Performance Audits of
ESCs and Recommendations for
Accountability/Performance Benchmarks.
Executive Budget Proposal:
JVS/Career Technical & MR/DD
JVS
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1.9% funding increase
Creates Joint Vocation School District Funding
Committee to recommend revisions to the
program and funding model
New Model implemented in FY 2012-2013
MR/DD
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1.9% funding increase in set-aside under special
education enhancements for school-aged special
education funding purposes.
ESC Per Pupil
Funding Subsidy ($37/$40.52)
ESCs
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Funded at 90% FY 2009 Cut Level (9.65% cut)
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Cut additional 10% ($4.75 M) in FY 2010 to fund
performance audits.
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Flat-funded in FY 2011 (as compared to FY 2010)
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
$52 M
$48 M
$48 M
$42.3 M
$42.3 M
ESC Study Committee
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ESCs to undergo performance audits.
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Creates ESC Study Committee to study the
extent to which the current system supports
academic achievement, teacher quality,
shared educational services, purchasing
services and commodities.
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Recommendations regarding Regional Service
Delivery, ESC Governance, Accountability
Metrics are to be made by October 1, 2010.
Gifted Funding
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Eliminates the current unit funding and provides funding at
$25 per ADM in each district and community school.
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The Summer Honors Institutes and Martin Essex program
funding have been eliminated.
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The full effect of the proposal reduces dedicated gifted
funding from the current level of $48,000,000 to
$23,000,000.
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Currently, approximately $33 million in unit funding
(coordinators and intervention specialists) flows directly to
districts and is included on the SF-3.
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Currently, approximately $9 million (300 units) flows to ESCs
to hire units that in turn serve districts that contract with the
ESC.
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Transitional Aid Guarantee only contemplate those funds that
flow through the SF-3 to districts.
Special Education Funding
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Weights.
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90% of OCECD 2006 weights - but are
they the right Weights?
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Funding of Special Education
$100 million in “new” funding.
May be over-reliant on 1-time funding via
federal stimulus dollars.
The FY 2010 formula is as follows:
((ADM count x weights) x 0.9)) / 20 x $51,407 x IQ Index
Special Education Funding (cont.)
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The bill excludes related service providers that are
mandated in the Operating Standards for the
Education of Children with Disabilities (OAC 330151-01 – 3301-51-11).
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Professionals such as school psychologists, speech
and language pathologists, and physical therapists
do not appear to be included in the bill, nor are
they cited in Sec. 3306.05 or Sec. 3306.11, the
instructional services support funding factors.
School Improvement & Related Funding
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ALI – 200-431 is funded at $9,349,007 in
FY 2010 (31.8% decrease) and flat funded
in FY 2011. ($3.3 M in Foundation
Eliminated)
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In other words, $9.3 Million each year.
Down from $13.7 Million
School Improvement Grants (ALI 200-671)
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No less than $50 K to schools in school
improvement status to implement school
improvement strategies (over 3 year period).
Up to 4% of Title 1 Funding may also be used
for this purpose.
Federal Stimulus Package Update
The executive budget proposal assumed federal stimulus
funds based on the U.S. House-passed version.
However, the final stimulus package, despite generating
less funding overall to the states, did not adversely impact
the Governor’s proposal as it relates to education funding.
To follow is a breakdown of the federal stimulus package
funding for education for Ohio:
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Title I Grants to LEAs
IDEA Part B Grants to States
IDEA Part B Preschool Grants
IDEA Part C Grants for Infants
and Families
$373,250,296
$437,736,052
$ 13,359,358
$ 14,409,609
Executive Budget Proposal
Early Analysis of Long-term View of Education Funding
Raises Significant Questions.
This will be at the heart of “budget politics”
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$925 Million increase is not all “new money”.
Preliminary analysis suggests new funding is approximately $12.9
Million in FY 2010 and $261.6 Million in FY 2011 including anticipated
federal stimulus funds.
Relies heavily on federal stimulus package.
Proper use of these funds currently in question and under review.
The Executive Proposal relies on $5-$7 Billion in onetime money to balance the budget including Federal
Stimulus, Rainy Day Funds, & a combination of
increased fees, cash transfers and other money
management strategies.
Revenue Estimates anticipate GRF will grow by $6.9
Billion by FY 2016-2017 Budget. New School Funding
Formula will require an additional $6.08 Billion over
same period.
Budget Politics
February 12, 2009
Congress Reach Deal on Stimulus Plan
“…Despite intense lobbying by governors, the final deal slashed
$35 billion from a proposed state fiscal stabilization fund,
eliminated $16 billion in aid for school construction and
sharply curtailed health care subsidies for the unemployed.
In driving down the total cost of the stimulus bill from $838 billion
approved by the Senate and $820 billion by the House legislators
also sharply reduced proposed tax incentives for buyers of homes
and cars that held huge public appeal.”
More Budget Politics
Divided State Government
 First Term Democrat Governor – in 3rd year
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House Democratic Majority
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First Democrat Governor in 20 years
High Approval Rating
(53-46)
Likely to support Governor’s proposals with limited changes
beyond those supported by the Administration.
Significant Senate Republican Majority
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(21-12)
Likely where most of the debate will take place and most
changes advanced.
Other External Factors
 Business Support of Education Reforms (BRT)
 KnowledgeWorks Foundation
 Ohio Business Roundtable
 Higher Education
•Focus on Districts
•Flat Funding
•Budget Reductions
•Facility Costs
ESC Funding:
12 Regional Meetings
Education Reform not School
Funding Reform
Creativity & Innovation
Quality Teaching
Education of “Whole Child”
21st Century Skills
Individualized Learning
Mastery Learning
Definition of School
Day/School Year
Technology
Majority of Districts
Flat funded in 1st
year
1/3 flat funded in
both
Historically low levy
passage rates
•Choice of ESCs
•Choice of ERSS
Region
•Supplemental
Services
•Other choice options
•ESC Mergers
Flat Funding,
10% reduction
Education
Reform:
Increased
Competition:
Creativity &
Innovation
Customer
Choice, ERSS
Declining
School district
budgets
University System
of Ohio;
Dual Credit
Potential of
Increased K-12
Competition
Educational
Service
Centers
Increased
Focus on
Higher
Education
Revenue Down
Expenditures Up
Medicaid Growth
1-time Federal $
Reduction of
ESC statutory
mandates
Elimination of
Outdated
Mandates
No newly defined
requirements
Increased
Account-ability
State Budget
Issues:
Competition for
Scarce State
Resources
Transparency,
Results
•Financial Forecast
•Quality Delivery
Standards
•Funding tied to
accountability for
results
•Accreditation
“Map” of Trends Impacting ESCs & Shaping the Future of Educational Service Delivery in Ohio
Opportunities for ESCs: Assisting Districts to
Address Pressures and Build District Capacity
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Becoming a Provider of Choice
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Value proposition has to be about more than cost, it has to be about
the depth, breadth and quality of services. What is Your Value Added?
What is the Impact of Your Services?
School Improvement Services
Recruitment and Retention of Administrators and Teachers
Alternative Teacher Licensure
Professional Learning Communities
Supplemental Services
Data Driven Decision Making
P-16, Dual Credit and other Collaboratives with Higher Education &
Community Organizations
Facilitator of “Wrap Around Services” – Mental Health, Health,
Department of Jobs and Family Services, Juvenile Courts, others
Embedded Professional Development Opportunities
Shared Services
Workforce Development
Educational Service Centers: Ohio’s
Educational “Connectors”
County &
Regional
Detention
Centers
Other
ESCs
Charter
Schools
Private
Schools
Other
State &
Federal
Agencies
ODE
Family & Children
First
Business
(BACs)
Congress
DYS
ESCs
Hundreds of
Integrated Programs
and Services
LEAs
General Assembly
Higher Ed
Communities
Higher
Education
MR/DD
Hospitals
&
Health Clinics
Alternative
Education
Programs
Foundations
Web Links of Interest
Governor Strickland’s 2009 State of the State Address:
http://www.governor.ohio.gov/GovernorsOffice/StateoftheState/StateoftheState2009/tabid/98
4/Default.aspx
Office of Budget and Management:
www.ohio.gov/obm
Office of Budget and Management Budget Documents:
http://obm.ohio.gov/sectionpages/Budget/OperatingBudget.aspx
Regional Conversations on Education & Partnership for 21st Century Skills:
http://www.conversationoneducation.org
http://www.21centuryskills.org
ODE Center for Budget and Planning:
http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationI
D=690&ContentID=7099&Content=56410
ODE Education Reform Information:
http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationI
D=1599&Content=63410
Ohio General Assembly & Legislative Service Commission:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
http://www.lsc.state.oh.us
Questions & Answers
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Contact
Information
Craig Burford,
Executive Director
Ohio Educational Service
Center Association
8050 North High Street,
Suite 150
Columbus, OH 43235
Phone: (614)846-4080
Fax: (614) 846-4081
Email:
[email protected]
Web: http://www.oesca.org