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Supporters of Strickland Plan for Public Education Launch Web Site on Education and the Ohio Economy www.FutureofOhio.org

Posted on: Thursday, 11 June 2009, 09:52 CDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio Education Association (OEA), working in collaboration with a wide-ranging coalition of business and education groups, has launched a new web site, www.FutureofOhio.org, as a platform for information and action on the Ohio state budget and its implications for public education and the Ohio economy.

The theme of the site is "Stronger Schools, Better Jobs," and its message calls for action to influence the House-Senate Conference Committee now about to meet to make critical decisions on public education and Ohio's job strategies:

• Ohio is at a critical crossroads. Governor Ted Strickland and the Ohio House of Representatives have built a plan for a stronger public education system and a stronger Ohio economy.
• But leaders of the Ohio Senate have developed a counter-measure that keeps the status quo and has no support for energizing the Ohio economy.
• Now, a House-Senate Conference Committee is forming to decide the direction of the state budget - and how it will affect the state's economic future.

"We are working with our partners in government, labor, business, education and community groups, to draw special attention to the dramatic choices before the Ohio General Assembly," said OEA President Patricia Frost-Brooks.

"We helped launch FutureofOhio.org as a sign of our support for the Governor's proposals to transform public schools and colleges and help our students prepare more effectively for emerging jobs. We cannot afford the status quo approach of the Ohio Senate, which clings to the past on public education and the economy."

The Ohio Education Association represents 130,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals in Ohio's public schools, colleges and universities.

SOURCE Ohio Education Association

Source: PR Newswire

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