BASA Member Update 11.9.18

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School Safety Grants Deadline Extended The state attorney general is giving Ohio public schools more time to apply for their share of $12 million set aside for school safety grants. His office says the original deadline for grant applications was this week, and more than $2.8 million was still unclaimed then. The application deadline is being extended to Nov. 30 to encourage more schools to claim their share of the funding. Schools were eligible to get $5.65 per student, or at least $2,500 per school. The General Assembly allotted that money earlier this year in House Bill 318. It can be spent on efforts such as training school resource officers and funding programs to help identify students struggling with mental health issues. Schools are required to work with local law enforcement to decide how to spend the grants. STRS Ohio Election Notice Nominations for one contributing member position on the State Teachers Retirement Board will be received by the execuitve director, under provisions of Sections 3307.06 and 3307.07, Revised Code. Contributing members of the Retirement Board serve without compensation for a term of four years. The term for which nominations will be received begins September 1, 2019. Eligible for nomination are those members presently contributing to the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) or those who have contrinutions on deposit with STRS Ohio. STRS Ohio retirees who are reemployed in an STRS Ohio-covered position are note eligible for nomination.