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OFT Resolutions

Resolutions from our 2024 OFT Convention

Career Technical Education Committee

Education Issues Committee

Human Rights Committee

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

Retirement Committee

Special resolutions — February 2023

Resolutions from our 2022 OFT Convention

Education Issues Committee

Higher Education Committee

Human Rights Committee

Retirement Committee

Special resolutions — September 20, 2021

Special resolutions — July 1, 2020

Resolutions from our 2020 OFT Convention

Communications Committee

  • Member Election Engagement Resolution
  • Beating the Billionaires’ Assault on Our Union

Education Issues Committee

  • OTES 2.0 and High Quality Student Data (HQSD)  Resolution
  • Ohio’s Social Emotional Learning Implementation
  • Ohio’s Resident Educator Program
  • Student Assaults and Threats on School Personnel

Higher Education Committee

  • College Credit Plus Resolution

Human Rights Committee

  • Resolution Supporting Women’s Health and Women’s Inclusion in Healthcare Decisions
  • Resolution Endorsing Ohio Business Competes
  • In Celebration of Voting Rights Milestones

Legislative & School Finance Committee

  • Legislative Tax Abatement (TIF)
  • Fund Our Future – School Funding
  • Student Debt
  • A Resolution in Support of State Health Standards

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

  • Our Mandate—Combat Groups Who Want to Destroy Public Education
  • Resolution Supporting the Recognizing Inspirational School Employees (RISE) Award

Retirement Committee

  • STRS Member Benefits

Resolutions from our 2018 OFT Convention

Education Issues Committee

Human Rights Committee

Legislative Committee

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

Retirement Committee

Resolutions from our 2016 OFT Convention

Civil Rights Committee

  • A Resolution in Support of Laws, Policies, and Practices That Ensure Services for English Language Learners
  • A Resolution in Support of Services That Provide Educational Access to Refugees and Unaccompanied Minors
  • Resolution in Support of Efforts to Raise Ohio’s Minimum Wage
  • Resolution for the Promotion of Inclusive Restorative Justice Practices in Ohio’s Schools
  • Resolution in Support of the Development and Retention of Teacher Workforce Diversity

Constitutional Amendments

Education Issues Committee

  • Ensuring Equitable Access to Excellent Educators
  • Ohio Federation of Teachers Resolution: College Credit Plus Revisions
  • Ohio Teacher Evaluation System

Higher Education Committee

  • Oppose HB 48
  • Completion Model
  • Shared Services
  • Budget Bill

Legislative and School Finance Committee

  • Promulgation and Implementation of Changes in State Education Policies in Response to the Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  • Ohio’s Unemployment Compensation (UC) Should Provide a Social Safety Net
  • Responsible and Fair and Constitutional Budgeting for Education in the State of Ohio

Nominations and Elections

PSRP Committee

  • Member Engagement 2016
  • Engaging All School Personnel in the Work to Eliminate Chronic Student Absenteeism

Publicity and Services

  • Ray Peck Scholarship
  • Oft Bill Pasztor Summer ULI Funding

Resolutions from our 2014 OFT Convention

Civil Rights Committee

  • Resolution in Support of a U.S. House Floor Vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
  • Resolution Opposing the Ohio General Assembly’s Efforts to Implement Laws That Disenfranchise Voters
  • Resolution Supporting Ohio Civil Rights Law Expansion
  • Resolution in Support of Training Ohio School Personnel on the Prevention of Human Trafficking
  • Resolution in Support of “Why Marriage Matters Ohio” in Its Public Education Campaign to Achieve Marriage Equality in Ohio
  • Resolution Addressing Student Needs for Student Success

Constitutional Amendments

Education Issues Committee

  • Resolution on Excessive Standardized Testing
  • Alignment of the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System Model During Residency
  • Common Core State Standards and High Stakes Assessments Resolution
  • Best Practices from High Performing Education Systems in Countries Around the World

Legislative and School Finance Committee

  • Reclaiming the Promise of High Quality Public Education and Public Services
  • Improved Public Accountability, Transparency and Voice in Charter Schools
  • Community Learning Centers

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

  • The Role of the School Nurse in a School Based Health Clinic
  • School Access to Emergency Epinephrine
  • Opposing Privatization of Public School Services

Retirement Committee

  • Resolution to Support the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Standards 67 and 68

Resolutions from our 2013 OFT Convention

Civil Rights Committee

  • Resolution in Support of Non-Discriminatory Employment Practices
  • Resolution in Support of Non-Union Employees to Organize and Advocate for Themselves
  • Resolution Promoting the Responsible Use of Social Media in the Classroom
  • Resolution on the Prevention of Teen Dating Violence (HB 19)
  • Resolution in Support for Quality Diversity Training for Teachers and Administrators
  • Resolution Recommending the Inclusion of Enumeration in School Anti-Bullying Policies

Constitutional Amendments

Education Issues Committee

  • Ohio Accountability Advisory Committee
  • Ohio Teacher Evaluation System
  • Third Grade Reading Guarantee: Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plans — Legislative Requirements
  • Value Added (VA) as a Prescribed Percentage of the Student Growth Measure (SGM) in Teacher Evaluations

Legislative and School Finance Committee

  • Preschool Education
  • School Funding
  • Expanding Medicaid

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

  • The Role of Volunteers in Our Public Schools to Support and Supplement the Work of Paraprofessionals and School Support Staff
  • The Role of the PSRPs in the Common Core State Standards Process
  • Ray Peck Scholarship
  • Oft Bill Pasztor Summer ULI Funding
  • Appreciation for Election 2012 Efforts

Resolutions from our 2012 OFT Convention

Civil Rights Committee

  • Bullying Free Environment Requires Stronger Policies (Sub. HB 116), Active Enforcement, Open Discussion
  • Stronger and Deeper Community Engagement Is Necessary for the Union to Make a Difference in Ohio
  • Ethnic Intimidation: Law Should Expand to Prohibit Such Treatment of Persons with Disabilities
  • Racial Profiling Must Be Eliminated
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Document Used in Schools to Teach and Support Student and Human Rights
  • Voter Suppression: Fair Elections Require Open Access to Voting

Constitutional Amendments

Education Issues Committee

  • Resolution on Digital Learning
  • Resolution on State Teacher Value-Added Reports
  • Resolution on Licensure Retesting
  • Assessment of Special Education Students
  • Professional Compensation
  • Early Childhood
  • Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Higher Education Committee

  • Senate Bill 82
  • House Bill 296

Legislative and School Finance Committee

  • Opposing Tax Credit Vouchers
  • Cleveland Mayoral Education Plan

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

  • Exemption from Public Records
  • Student-To-School Nurse Ratio Improvement

Publicity and Services

  • Ray Peck Scholarship
  • Ohio Summer ULI Funding
  • Appreciation for Issue 2 Efforts

Retirement Committee

  • Resolution to Oppose the Shift in Pension Contributions from 14%-10% to 12%-12%
  • Resolution to Expedite Pension Reform Legislation
  • Resolution on Adverse Selection

Resolutions from our 2011 OFT Convention

Civil Rights Committee

  • Individualized Instruction to Raise Student Achievement
  • Race to the Top Implications for Alternate Assessments
  • Race to the Top Funding Stream
  • Professional Development Needs of the Teaching Professional When Dealing with the Various Forms of Bullying Acts in Public Schools
  • Race to the Top Implications for Students. Parents. Teachers and Community

Education Issues Committee

  • Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
  • Resolution in Support of HB 1, “The Education Opportunity Act”
  • Resolution on Race to the Top: Teacher Evaluation
  • Resolution on School Improvement Grants
  • Resolution on Race to the Top: Helping Locals Network

Higher Education Committee

  • Strengthening Accountability for For-Profit Institutions of Higher Education
  • Preparing Students and Workers for Good Jobs and Rewarding Public and Private Sector Careers in a Green Economy
  • Improvement and Expansion of Career and Technical Education Programs
  • Support Free Access to a National Library of Digitized Resources

Legislative and School Finance Committee

  • Community Engagement
  • Ohio One Now Coalition

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

  • Adult Workplace Bullying
  • School Lunches
  • Indoor Air Quality

Publicity and Services

  • Ohio Summer ULI Funding
  • Ray Peck Scholarship

Retirement Committee

  • In Support of Quality, Affordable Healthcare
  • Resolution Opposing Consolidation of Five State Pensions
  • Resolution to Oppose the Release of Information to the Public Regarding Retired Members of Ohio’s Public Pension Systems
  • Oppose Linking of Age and Years of Service for Retirement Eligibility

Resolutions from our 2010 OFT Convention

Civil Rights Committee

  • Resolution Homeless Public School Children and Youth
  • Resolution on Opposing Unreasonable and/or Extreme “Zero Tolerance” Policies
  • Resolution on Ohio Students Learn 21st Century Skills
  • Resolution on Ohio’s Schools, Families, and Communities Working Together to Close the Achievement Gap

Constitutional Amendments

  • Resolution on Race to the Top
  • Resolution on Teachers on the Model Curricula Committee
  • Resolution on the Operating Standards from the Governor’s Educational Reform Plan
  • Resolution on House Bill 1
  • Resolution on Ohio’s New Licensure Requirements
  • Resolution on Tying Teacher Licensure Renewal to Student Assessment Scores

Higher Education Committee

  • Resolution on AFT Faculty and College Excellence Campaign
  • Resolution on AFT Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Part-Time Adjunct Faculty

Legislative and School Finance Committee

  • Environmental Resolution
  • Resolution on Childhood Obesity
  • Health Reform Must Continue
  • Resolution on Reporting of Workplace Violence

PSRP & School Healthcare Providers Committee

  • Resolution on Motor Coach Enhanced Safety
  • Resolution on Recognition of National Board Certification for School Nurses
  • Resolution on Taxing of “Cadillac” Health Care Plans
  • Resolution on Infectious and Contagious Diseases

Retirement Committee

  • Resolution on Defined Benefit Plans
  • Resolution on Other Options for STRS Contingency Planning

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