HB 880

As Introduced
136th General Assembly
      Regular Session  H. B. No. 880
  2025-2026
  Representative Glassburn
  To make an appropriation to fully reimburse the  1
  stipends paid to teachers to complete science of  2
  reading professional development.  3
    BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
  Section 1. All items in this act are hereby appropriated  4
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the  5
credit of the designated fund. For all operating appropriations  6
made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year  7
2026 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2027.  8
The operating appropriations made in this act are in addition to  9
any other operating appropriations made for these fiscal years.  10
  Section 2.  11
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       1       2  3  4  5
A  EDU DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
B    Dedicated Purpose Fund Group
C    5AQ1 2006A4 Literacy Improvement  $6,938,636  $0
D    Dedicated Purpose Fund Group Total  $6,938,636  $0
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As Introduced
E   TOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS  $6,938,636  $0
       LITERACY IMPROVEMENT  13
       The foregoing appropriation item 2006A4, Literacy  14
Improvement, shall be used to fully reimburse school districts,  15
community schools, and STEM schools for stipends paid to  16
teachers to complete professional development in the science of  17
reading and evidence-based strategies for effective literacy  18
instruction under Section 265.330 of H.B. 33 of the 135th  19
General Assembly, as amended by H.B. 147 of the 135th General  20
Assembly.  21
       On the effective date of this section, or as soon as  22
possible thereafter, the Director of Budget and Management shall  23
transfer $1,105,400 cash from the General Revenue Fund to the  24
Literacy Improvement Fund (Fund 5AQ1).  25
       Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the  26
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts  27
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation  28
made in this act, and shall determine the manner in which  29
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from  30
operating appropriations contained in this act shall be  31
accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all  32
applicable provisions of, H.B. 96 of the 136th General Assembly.  33