Higher education policy and practice is directed by the OEA’s Higher Education Advisory Council (HEAC).
Specifically, HEAC is responsible for devising and implementing instructional programs to enhance the professional ability of its members and advocating for the interests of its members within the Association.
This includes providing support for collective bargaining in higher education, development of appropriate legislative positions and maintenance of appropriate relations with other groups interested in higher education and supportive of Association positions; and recommending members to be appointed to OEA Committees and other appropriate NEA and OEA bodies.
Members of the Higher Education Advisory Council are nominated and elected by OEA affiliates. The members select officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary) annually at one of four meetings per academic year.
For more information about HEAC, please contact the OEA Higher Education Liaison, Mark Linder, at linderm@ohea.org, or email Dovel Myers, the HEAC chair, at heacchair@ohea.org.
To All HEAC Members:
Please see the below. OEA is working in conjunction with Ohio AAUP, Honesty for Ohio Education, and other labor and education stakeholders to prepare advocates for upcoming opportunities to testify against SB 1. Below you will find the recording from the Honesty Coalition’s testimony training from last Thursday. Please contact OEA Government Relations with any questions about how you can continue to advocate for the defeat of SB 1 by emailing govtsrv@ohea.org.
A recording of the webinar can be found here, and the presentation slides can be found here.
Bill Resources:
Committee Advocacy Materials:
- Testimony toolkit and template from Honesty For Ohio Education
- Testimony Witness slip
- Complete this document and email it to the committee chair along with your testimony!
- Where to find testimonies after a committee hearing
- How to pull video clips from OhioChannel.org
Additional Resources:
- Statehouse New Outlets
- Stathouse Advocacy Organizations
- Student Organizing—Ohio Student Association
Take Action — Contact Lawmakers
Make Calls
- Senate Higher Ed Committee Chair — Kristina Roegner: 614-466-4823
- Tell her NOT TO MOVE SB 1 forward
- Senate Committee Member — Jane Timken: 614-466-0626
- Tell her to HELP STOP SB 1
- Senate Committee Member — Bill Reineke: 614-466-8049
- Tell him to HELP STOP SB 1
- Your state senator: Find your senator here
- Tell them to HELP STOP SB 1