Senator Matt Huffman

I’m pleased to announce that Senate Bill 89, which provides flexibility to Ohio’s career technical centers and improves eligibility for the EdChoice scholarship program, has been approved by both the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives.

The underlying legislation in Senate Bill 89 reduces state mandates and regulations on Ohio’s career technical centers and educators to allow them to operate with greater efficiency and independence. The bill passed the Senate unanimously last year, but because of changes made to the bill in the Ohio House of Representatives, it again received consideration through a legislative conference committee. During that process, a conference committee of the House and Senate amended in a solution authored by Senator Huffman to allow Ohio’s EdChoice program to more effectively provide scholarships to students in low-income communities and low-performing school buildings.

‪I was honored to speak to some great people from the Ohio Association of Career-Technical Superintendents this morning at their Issues Forum‬