Ohio Teachers

With what appears to be a grand conspiracy by Republican governors to destroy public employee unions, many citizens are downright disgusted.  It is time to do some real homework and examine what the Republicans in Ohio are trying to do.

This link  http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_5_PSC_N.html               will take you to SB 5 as it appears on line.  If you have a chance to read the entire documentary, you will reach the same conclusion that I have----- this is a power grab and an attempt to manipulate public employees. 

Here are a few sections I'd like to highlight from SB 5:

...Sec. 3306.01....

...(3) Each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district shall have on file, and shall pay in accordance with, a teachers' salary schedule which complies withsalaries based upon merit as required under section 3317.13 of the Revised Code... 

....Sec. 3317.13.  (A) As used in this section and section 3317.14 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Years of service" includes the following:

(a) All years of teaching service in the same school district or educational service center, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days under a teacher's contract;

(b) All years of teaching service in a chartered, nonpublic school located in Ohio as a teacher licensed pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code or in another public school, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days under a teacher's contract;

(c) All years of teaching service in a chartered school or institution or a school or institution that subsequently became chartered or a chartered special education program or a special education program that subsequently became chartered operated by the state or by a subdivision or other local governmental unit of this state as a teacher licensed pursuant to section 3319.22 of the Revised Code, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days; and

(d) All years of active military service in the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 3307.75 of the Revised Code, to a maximum of five years. For purposes of this calculation, a partial year of active military service of eight continuous months or more in the armed forces shall be counted as a full year.

(2) "Teacher", "teacher" means all teachers employed by the board of education of any school district, including any cooperative education or joint vocational school district and all teachers employed by any educational service center governing board.

... (B) No Each teacher shall be paid a salary.....



Ohio teachers need to read the entire documents and consult with their union leaders.