COLUMBUS, Ohio, As budget debate continues at
Ohio's Statehouse, the Legislature's own committee of education experts, the
Legislative Office of Education Oversight (LOEO), submitted their report on
the charter eCommunity Schools' (also known as eSchools') performance , urging
continued support of the largely successful educational approach.

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"Our eSchool parents have been contacting their legislators regularly to
make sure the lawmakers understand the significance of the cuts they're making
to our public schools," Cosentino added. The voucher students have to take the state proficiency
tests, but the other students do not.

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You can view the entire report here:
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Five Statewide Education Organizations Oppose School Voucher Expansion

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The group said that this program, and now its expansion, creates even more
financial difficulty for school districts already facing tough choices when it
comes to providing services to students .CLOmedia.

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They foster choice
and innovation and ensure that public schools serve all students, including
those not well served by traditional schools.
The Ohio Education Association represents 130 ,000 teachers, faculty
members and support professionals in Ohio's public schools, colleges and
universities .

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"Now even their own experts are telling the legislature
that our schools are effective and efficient and deserve continued funding. The cuts will affect the
day-to-day operations of eSchools and could lead to cuts in kindergarten
programs, supplemental and tutoring programs, and others parts of the eSchool
system. It is a major policy change," explained Barbara Shaner,
OASBO Director of Legislative Services."
Darold Johnson who represents the Ohio Federation of Teachers noted,
"Statistics show that voucher students in private schools perform no better
than those attending the schools they leave.
OSBA's services include management consulting, continuing education through
training programs and workshops, policy development, legal services,
legislative initiatives, management services , superintendent and other
executive searches, information, technology, employee relations and
communications .

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The bill is now pending before the state Senate. It is very premature to expand the program now . This
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despite action from the Ohio House to drastically cut funding, jeopardizing
the future of the public schools.
The nonpartisan LOEO serves as staff to the ten-member (5 Representatives
and 5 Senators) Legislative Committee on Education Oversight, and ensures that
state-funded education activities are effectively and efficiently meeting
their intended purposes . The LOEO then makes recommendations for action to
the General Assembly. The
proposal in the budget corrections bill would expand this option to include
school buildings in academic "watch.

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state. There is no way a parent can evaluate
the effectiveness of the school before they enroll their child.

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The Buckeye Association of School Administrators is a nonprofit
professional organization of school system leaders, specifically,
superintendents, central office administrators, building -level administrators,
higher education administrators and faculty, graduate students and other
educational personnel. A
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Gary Allen, president of the OEA said, "The EdChoice Voucher Program is
unproven and there has not been enough time to properly evaluate its value and
efficiency.

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The Ohio House of Representatives approved the budget bill containing
significant cuts in state funding to eSchools.

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We think parents and
taxpayers have a right to know how these schools are performing and that is
almost impossible." While no new appropriation is included
in the HB 530 proposal, the change could affect more school buildings and
school districts. If
the bill goes through as scheduled, Governor Bob Taft is expected to sign the
bill into law by April 1st.
The Ohio School Boards Association is in its 50th year of service to
public education and represents the state's public school boards' members. To read the article, visit www.

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eSchools are public charter schools run by nonprofit boards, educators,
and parents operating under rules established by Ohio law."
The EdChoice Voucher Program was established last year through the state's
biennial budget bill.

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Most significant among them is a recommendation to "continue to provide
eCommunity Schools with the same amount of state funds as other community
schools and other school districts for Financial Years 2006 and 2007.loeo.us/reports/PreEleSecPDF /eSchools2committee_Web. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Five statewide education
organizations spoke out today in opposition to the legislature's proposal to
expand Ohio's new school voucher program.
Accountability for the expenditure of public dollars is also an issue.
The Ohio Association of School Business Officials is a not-for-profit
educational management organization dedicated to learning, utilizing and
sharing the best methods and technology of school business administration.

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"State resources should be used to
improve public schools' ability to serve and educate students, not encourage
them to leave," stated Tom Ash of BASA. It allows parents with students in school buildings that
are considered to be in academic "emergency" to take their students to any
private school of their choice using public school (taxpayer) dollars.
HB 530 is expected to move swiftly through the House and the Senate.

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The draft report includes several recommendations for legislative action.

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The Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA), the Buckeye Association of
School Administrators (BASA), the Ohio Association of School Business
Officials (OASBO), the Ohio Education Association (OEA) and the Ohio
Federation of Teachers (OFT) stated in a letter to House Speaker Jon Husted
that HB 530 is not the appropriate vehicle for the change and it will not
allow for sufficient debate on the issue. "The expansion of the EdChoice
Voucher Program is not a technical correction to provisions in HB 66 (the
state budget bill).

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"This report confirms what our families have been trying to tell our
elected officials," said Len Cosentino, president of the Ohio Coalition of
eSchool Families. "We will continue to make our case
on behalf of the thousands of families for whom this public education option
works best.

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Fred Pausch, Director of Legislative Services for OSBA said, "The private
schools that will receive these vouchers do not have to follow state rules and
regulations for fiscal or student accountability.

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Bipartisan Experts Agree Don't Gut Ohio's eSchools

Included in a recently introduced
budget corrections bill (HB 530), the new proposal would expand opportunities
for parents to utilize public school district dollars to take students out of
public schools and go to private schools.

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