Jamie Callender News

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) voted to support several bills that offer significant COVID-19 relief. The pieces of legislation under House Bills 167, 168, 169, 170 all passed during today’s session.     

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announces a new school funding plan and tax relief are among the highlights of the state budget proposal unveiled today by the Ohio House GOP. Today, the House Finance Committee accepted a substitute bill containing the House GOP’s version of the new two-year state budget. Callender sits on the House Finance Committee.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R- Concord), Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, will announce today his intention to uphold the wishes of the Legislature and promote greater transparency in state agency rulemaking as enacted in Senate Bill 221 of the 132nd General Assembly.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) was recognized today by the Alliance for Working Together (AWT) at their annual meeting as an AWT Manufacturing Hero for his strong advocacy for STEM to career manufacturing education and training.

State Reps. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland) testified before the House Finance Committee Thursday on House Bill (HB) 1, their bipartisan legislation to modernize Ohio’s primary and secondary school funding formula. HB 1 is identical to HB 305, the Cupp-Patterson Fair School Funding Plan, which overwhelmingly passed the House in December, 87-9 with 72 co-sponsors. 

State Reps. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland) have introduced House Bill 1 - key, bipartisan legislation to modernize K-12 school funding across Ohio. The bill is nearly identical to last General Assembly’s House Bill 305, which was a school funding reform proposal that passed the House with overwhelming support late last year.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announces and supports the upcoming two-year state construction budget, which includes funding for a variety of initiatives across the state as well as aid for local projects throughout Lake County. The capital bill is being included in Senate Bill 310, which is currently pending in a House-Senate conference committee.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announces the approval of more proposals by the state Controlling Board. This includes appropriations for a local project in Painesville and another measure for further COVID-19 relief.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) announced Lake County funding to be fast-approaching after today’s Office of Budget and Management (OBM) testimony in the House Finance Committee. The OBM Director, Kim Murnieks, presented the full Capital Improvements Budget before the committee. Callender serves as co-chair of the committee and has worked to secure local dollars within the budget for the community during the pandemic.

Today, State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) supported House Bill 305, which was passed by the Ohio House. The historic legislation provides comprehensive reform of Ohio’s primary and secondary school funding framework.