FY 2024-2025 Biennial State Operating Budget

Resource Page

    This page will serve as a resource for OESCA members and education stakeholders throughout the biennial state operating budget process. Check back often for the latest from Capital Square and related state budget activity.

 

Executive Budget

• 2023 State of the State Address - Gov. Mike DeWine
• Executive Budget Highlights
• Executive Budget Recommendations
• Recording of OESCA Executive Director State Budget Briefing (2-2-2023) | Download Slides

 

House Action

Senate Action

Conference Committee

Enacted State Budget

   

Membership in OESCA and participation in association events provides Business Members with access to our members and the more than 25,000 employees they represent statewide. OESCA offers numerous opportunities for Business Members to meet our ESC members face-to-face. Our major meetings attract key education leaders throughout the state--the decision-makers you want to reach.

Web ads, newsletter articles, conference sponsorships and tradeshow exhibition opportunities can introduce companies to new prospects as well as strengthen existing relationships. These opportunities also allow our members knowledge of and access to innovative and/or time-tested solutions to the challenges that face educational service providers like ESCs on an ongoing basis. 

Interested in becoming an OESCA Business Member? Please find the Overview and Application Here, which contains additional detail about the program and instructions on how to become a Business Member

2022 OESCA BUSINESS MEMBERS

Krishna McCollins 419-410-2223 Krishna@RachelWixey.com	Rachel Wixey & Associates Rachel Wixey & Associates is a privately held HR service firm devoted strictly to schools and educational service centers. Our strength, expertise, and long-standing experience is as recruiters in the field of education. Our core services are in Substitute Scheduling, Substitute & Staff Recruitment, Payroll Management and Employment. We're recruiters. It's who we are; it's what we do.
Dan Weidmann 203-887-9954 dan@findyourgrind.com	Find Your Grind Find Your Grind’s mission is to provide every student with the tools and confidence to be Future Ready in a world that is changing faster than ever. To achieve this we designed a curriculum that changes the conversation around career exploration - asking students what kind of life they want to live, then guiding them to create it. Our focus is on social-emotional learning and student agency while challenging students through inquiry and reflection. Our learning journey will allow students to develop greater self-awareness, gain exposure to careers and industries, and begin the process of designing their ideal lifestyle.
Cindy McCandless 844-414-4592 cindy@presencelearning.com	Presence Learning Presence Learning is the leading provider of teletherapy and software solutions for special education and related services and we also support behavior mental health and counseling in K-12 schools. We have partnered with a number of districts across the country to support the critical shortage and demand for special education programs. We believe in problem solving with districts to identify pain points and develop solutions that will allow students to continue to strive academically and socially.
Siddarth Cidambi 415-992-6155 partnerships@daybreakhealth.com	Daybreak Health Daybreak Health is a national organization supporting school districts with providing mental health supports for their students. We are expanding our services to Ohio and can support districts all across the state. Our services include teletherapy, mental health classes, and mental health triage and identification tools. Daybreak Health gets students ready to learn by addressing their growing mental health needs (anxiety, depression, stress and more).
Allen Burgtorf 850-708-2216aburgtorf@gmail.com	Ohana Solutions Ohana Solutions is a thought leader in comprehensive, K-12 educational teaching and learning solutions.  With our portfolio of high-quality curriculum and technology-based alliances, Ohana Solutions is investing in transformative content and delivery technologies for collaborative curriculum solutions.
	Bricker & Eckler Bricker & Eckler provides the highest level of expertise in all areas of education law. Bricker & Eckler is a leading Midwest law firm with offices throughout Ohio and clients across the country. With a strong reputation for exceptional service, we address our clients’ aspirational goals and needs with multi-disciplinary teams of attorneys including the sophisticated litigators, transactional and government/regulatory attorneys on which our clients rely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR 2023-2024 DATA SCIENCE AND DISCRETE MATH PILOTS EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31, 2023

Math Pathways is an initiative from the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the Ohio Math Initiative that focuses on equivalent courses that will satisfy the credit requirement for Algebra 2. OESCA is providing support for the Math Pathways initiative and ESCs have been involved in initiative planning/work groups, have participated in pilot programs and will eventually serve as Math Pathways facilitators.

There are three courses for which teachers can be trained:

1. Mathematics Modeling and Reasoning
   This portion of the initiative is in its fourth year and no longer considered a "pilot" program, but rather a two-year professional learning/training course. Mathematical Modeling and Reasoning is an advanced quantitative reasoning course - the application of basic math skills such as algebra to the analysis and interpretation of quantitative information (numbers and units) in real-world contexts to make decisions relevant to daily life. Critical thinking is its primary objective and outcome and it emphasizes interpretation, representation, calculation, analysis/synthesis, assumptions and communication.
    
2. Data Science Foundations
   This pilot program is in its second year. Data science uses quantitative reasoning, statistics and computer science to gain meaningful insights from data. Data science focuses on using data to make predictions and decisions. Students will reason with and think critically about data in all forms and will develop their understanding of data analysis, sampling, correlation/causation, bias and uncertainty, probability, modeling with data, making and evaluating data-based arguments, and more.
    
3. Discrete Math/Computer Science
   This is the newest pilot program in the initiative. Discrete Mathematics is an area of mathematics that most closely connects with the field of computer science. It is the study of mathematical structures that are countable or otherwise distinct and separable, and it focuses on computational thinking, problem solving and computer science concepts. 

 

HOW CAN ESCS GET INVOLVED IN MATH PATHWAYS?

• Encourage districts to apply for Math Pathways pilot programs/training sessions - each Fall, schools may apply for Math Pathways pilot programs/training. Selections are made and participants are notified in January. The district must return an acceptance letter and other forms and then the two-year program begins. Since course selections for the next school year are determined in the Fall/Winter, it is critical that districts get their applications in and course offerings listed now.
   
• Serve as a Math Pathways facilitator - in the future, facilitation of each of the three courses will transfer from the Ohio Department of Education to the ESCs. We currently have statewide trainers, but in the coming years ESC staff will provide training locally. More information will be forthcoming.
   
• Provide feedback - is a teacher in your district a part of a Math Pathways pilot group? Keep in touch with districts and send feedback on the implementation and results to OESCA.

 

RESOURCES:

• High School Math Pathways website
• Mathematics Modeling and Reasoning website
• Data Science Foundations website
• Discrete Math/Computer Science website

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR 2023-2024 DATA SCIENCE AND DISCRETE MATH PILOTS EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31:
Applications must be completed online. The form is editable so applicants may revise answers after submitting. A read-only version of each application is available for planning purposes only.

• Mathematics Modeling and Reasoning Application [Read-only PDF] APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED FOR 2023-24
• Data Science Foundations Application [Read-only PDF]
• Discrete Math/Computer Science Application [Read-only PDF]

 

CONTACTS:

• Annika Moore – Mathematics Modeling and Reasoning, Annika.Moore@education.ohio.gov, 614-728-2373
• Yelena Palayeva - Data Science Foundations, Yelena.Palayeva@education.ohio.gov, 614-387-7561
• Brian Bickley - Discrete Math/Computer Science, Brian.Bickley@education.ohio.gov 614-644-6814

Experimentation, Innovation & Pricing Workshop

This workshop for educational service center (ESC) staff will focus on innovative service design and pricing using the principles of the business strategy framework. Sessions include best practices, tools and information that will help ESCs develop innovative services and price with confidence. Registration is free - participants pay for travel and lodging. Three sessions available:

CENTRAL (Columbus, OH)
January 17-18, 2023

NORTHEAST (Independence, OH)
January 30-31, 2023

SOUTHWEST (Cincinnati, OH)
February 16-17, 2023

Learn more and register: https://conta.cc/3Ck6ZwL

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OESCA manages the Ohio Professional Learning Directory, a searchable directory of curated professional learning opportunities and resources for Ohio educators. ESCs and other content providers list resources (courses, events, videos) on the directory which promotes the opportunities to educators state-wide. The Directory allows educators to search for the content they need and then links them to the content provider for more information. The directory is a search tool and listing manager. It only points users to content - content providers maintain control of content and use.

WEBSITE: www.ohiopld.org

RECORDING: Administrator Training Apply for an admin account

USER GUIDE: Ohio PLD Content Creator User Guide 12-27-22.pdf

 

HOW DOES THE DIRECTORY BENEFIT ESCS?

• Statewide access to Ohio educators who need professional learning resources  
• Fast, free promotion of your events and resources  
• Ability to curate content and provide recommendations for your districts  
• Reinforces the role of ESCs as providers of and connectors to high-quality professional learning

HOW DOES THE DIRECTORY BENEFIT DISTRICTS?

• Provides Ohio educators a one-stop shop for curated professional learning
• Promotes Ohio-aligned standards and supports development of high-quality professional learning
• Provides equitable access to all educators and school support organizations

ACTION STEPS FOR ESCS:

• Use the directory to find content to recommend to your districts
• Link to the Directory from your website (the Directory will automatically add your logo to Directory pages)
• Make sure ESC staff is aware of the tool and understands how to use it in service of their districts
• Submit ESC-created content for listing in the directory (this could be a course, training materials, conferences, etc. and can be paid or free)
• Collaborate with other ESCs to create content districts have requested

 

QUESTIONS? Tom Reed, OESCA Project Manager, reed@oesca.org

 

The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) will again be shipping "Learning Lunchboxes" - hands-on learning kits for children - to every ESC in Ohio for distribution to school districts. Each Ohio ESC will receive either 2 or 4 pallets of Dinosaur Learning Lunchboxes. Each pallet has 225 boxes and 10 educator guides. (ESC of NE Ohio will receive the exact number they need to distribute 30 per district.) 

Delivery will begin in December starting with the Columbus area and then expanding statewide. COSI will contact each ESC with delivery details. If you have questions, contact Meredith Bush, COSI, MBush@COSI.org, 614-629-3141.

• Breakdown of deliveries by ESC 
• Description of Dinosaur Learning Lunchbox

Action Steps for ESCs:

• ESCs should distribute at least 30 Learning Lunchboxes per district. They may serve the same schools they served last year and an additional classroom or school if they receive more boxes than needed to distribute at least 30 per district.
• COSI is asking ESCs to complete a spreadsheet (sent directly to ESC contacts in December) regarding who received the boxes.​​​​​​

Each year, OESCA holds a recognition brunch at the Ohio School Board Association’s Capital Conference. Honorees are individuals and groups nominated by Educational Service Centers (ESCs) for service, leadership and achievement awards.

View 2022 Award Recipients

Download News Release

 

2022 OESCA Recognition Brunch
Monday, November 14, 2022

Awards

• Distinguished Service Award (2 categories)
• Outstanding Leadership Award (3 categories)
• Torch Award
• Teamwork Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Carol E. Austin Lifetime Achievement Award
• Legislative Leadership Award

List of Previous Winners by County

Contact: OESCA office (614) 846-3855, info@oesca.org