According to its Facebook and Twitter, the OCMC’s Education, Public Institutions, and Local Government Committee voted to leave the language in the Ohio Constitution requiring a “thorough and efficient system of public education” intact. The vote occurred at a committee meeting today. The Committee considered removing this wording because, as proponents argued, it provides an […]
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The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission posted its 2013-2014 Biennial Report to its webpage. The report summarizes progress over the past two years, including: Hiring an executive director and Commission staff. Adoption of Rules of Procedure and Conduct Topics discussed by each committee, status of any recommendations and topics/Constitution sections each committee is charged with reviewing. […]
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The following meetings will take place on Thursday, January 15, 2014 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. These meetings are open to the public. If you are interested in addressing a committee, please contact Steven C. Hollon, Executive Director of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission at 614.644.2022. 9:30 a.m. Finance, Taxation & Economic Development […]
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The Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Education, Public Institutions and Local Government Committee has considered removing the wording of Ohio Constitution, Article VI, Section 2 requiring a thorough and efficient system of public education. See our prior post. Proponents want to eliminate the “thorough and efficient” language because it provides an “in” for Ohio courts to […]
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Read or listen to two WKSU radio broadcasts concerning the current work of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission: Ohio’s constitutional update could eliminate school funding mandate Ohio’s ‘sprawling behemoths’ are next up for Constitutional Modernization Also see some of our posts on these issues: Remove Wording Requiring Thorough and Efficient System of Public Education from […]
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Should Ohio remove language in its Constitution’s language requiring a “thorough and efficient” public school system? See Ohio Constitution, Article VI, Section 2. At its recent meeting, the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Committee on Education, Public Institutions & Miscellaneous and Local Government debated this question. Proponents want to eliminate the “thorough and efficient” language […]
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