OEA opposes as HB 8 unnecessarily entangles state government in regulating communications and relationships between parents and educators. Government mandates on these matters interfere with the professionalism of educators and weaken the principles of local control of public schools. OEA is concerned that amendments to House Bill 8 target LGBTQ+ students and staff.

HB 68 would prohibit gender transition services for minors and ban transgender females playing on all-female sports teams at the high school and collegiate level. OEA opposes HB 68 because the bill contributes to hostile and unsafe environments for LGBTQ+ students.

OEA opposes HB 214 as it would cause unnecessary distraction and confusion for educators, students, administrators, and parents by requiring vague and amorphous local censorship guidelines in Ohio’s 600 plus school districts and hundreds of charter schools. A state mandated political censorship maze across Ohio’s school districts and charter schools is in no one’s interest, least of all students.

OEA opposes SB 83, the Ohio Higher Education "Destruction" Act regarding as it prohibits striking of university/college faculty and staff, prohibits bargaining over tenure, retrenchment, and evaluations, amends faculty evals and tenure rules, restricts curriculum, and promotes an anti-honesty in education in Ohio's institutions of higher learning.

Bill to permit SJR2/HJR1 to be placed on the August 2023 special election.

OEA opposes SJR 2 as it would have eliminated the sacred principle of one person one vote by requiring 60% of the vote to pass future constitutional amendments as well as make it impossible for citizens to place amendments on the ballot.

OEA opposes HB 214 as it would cause unnecessary distraction and confusion for educators, students, administrators, and parents by requiring vague and amorphous local censorship guidelines in Ohio’s 600 plus school districts and hundreds of charter schools. A state mandated political censorship maze across Ohio’s school districts and charter schools is in no one’s interest, least of all students.