RH Jones: Funding for Ohio's public schools; how to obtain OEA petitions to circulate

From RH Jones, March 9, 2007
Subject: Where you can get OEA Petitions for increase in state funding

To all:

Active & retired educators, you can e-mail OEA at: govtsrv@ohea.org to send for your petitions to circulate.

Active teachers have been asked to donate $25 to help fund this movement. It is to get proper funding for our public school children on the Ohio ballot. As a retired teacher, I feel a contribution of $12.50 is reasonable. Contribute what you can. Retired administrators may wish to donate more. Personally, I will mail them a $12.50 check as soon as I can find where to send it. I'll let you know.

We need to support OEA 100% in this fight for our public school children and their teachers. I do not think that charter schools, home schools, or any other type of private school, that takes our hard earned tax dollars away from the public school districts of Ohio, should be tax funded. Our public schools nationwide and in Ohio have kept us free and prosperous for 200-years. Our public schools, their children and teachers, need our full and complete support. And, personally, I will oppose any politician who shows an affinity to grandstand against our beloved traditional public school system. I hope that you to!

Robert Hudson Jones, Life Member Builder of OEA and a very proud CORE member, as well.

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From OEA Member Matters (March 2007):

You can help make public education a fundamental right!
Volunteer to circulate petitions for the school funding amendment

The proposed constitutional amendment on school funding would result in better education for students and a fair system of funding for all Ohio public schools. It will establish a fundamental right for all Ohio students to obtain a high-quality public education. But to do all that, the proposal first has to get on the ballot, and that can only happen if we obtain 402,000 valid signatures on petitions for the amendment.

You can help. If you’re asked to sign a petition, please consider doing so. If you want to volunteer to circulate petitions, all you have to do is contact your local association president or your assigned OEA Labor Relations Consultant. If you are unsure how to contact the appropriate OEA office, you can contact Julie Parsley or Bonnie Joseph at OEA. Call 614-228-4526 or 1-800-282-1500 toll-free. If you want to volunteer by e-mail, send your name, phone number and local association affiliation to govtsrv@ohea.org, and an OEA representative will contact you to help.