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TPS lauded for financial reporting, transparency
Toledo Public Schools has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials International. The award is presented to districts that meet “high standards in financial reporting and transparency,” according to a statement released by TPS. The school district earned the award for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year which ended in June of 2023. The organization’s award is considered the gold standard in promoting and recognizing school districts for a commitment to fiscal transparency.
OSU lands $4.9M federal grant to train 'climate-ready' workforce along Lake Erie shoreline
The Biden Administration is spending $60 million to provide more climate-adaptation training to students living in nine ecosystems, including the western Lake Erie shoreline between Toledo and Cleveland. Ohio State University is getting $4.85 million of Inflation Reduction Act money to make first-ever “climate-ready” training affordable for the next generation of Great Lakes hydrologists, shoreline engineers, water treatment plant operators, and other jobs that have a focus on anything from chronic algal blooms to fluctuating water levels. Lorrayne Miralha, an OSU assistant professor of watershed modeling and data analytics, said she was thinking of algae-related nutrients and runoff when her team put together a proposal for the funding. “Our goal is to train at least 100 climate-ready workers,” she said, adding that she expects to begin training this August.
Empowering the future generation of female leaders
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (WTVG) - Bowling Green State University is hosting hundreds of girls from across the state for this year’s Buckeye Girls State session. Buckeye Girls State is a week-long program where young girls learn the ins and outs of how government works. “They are the future,” said...
'You're all leaders': Buckeye Girls State takes over BGSU for the week
BOWLING GREEN — The 500 participants of Buckeye Girls State are referred to as future leaders — and that future is closer than they think, according to Ohio’s chief election officer. At Wednesday’s Buckeye Girls State government ceremony at Bowling Green State University, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the rising high school seniors can already volunteer on Election Day and should be prepared to vote as soon as they turn 18. “America needs women like you. Ohio needs women like you,” he said. “You all are not the future of our state and nation — you all are the right now.” The ceremony was held in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. For the second consecutive year, BGSU is hosting the American Legion Auxiliary conference all week, educating the girls about city, county, and state government.
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