Derrick Hall News

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) and Lakeland Community College are announcing the approval of more than $1.8 million in state capital funding by the State Controlling Board earlier today. These funds will be used to update equipment in Lakeland's Engineering Technology classrooms with equipment found in today's manufacturing industry.

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) voted in favor of various pieces of legislation during House session today including House Bills 163, 624, 673, and 679.  The bills address several important issue areas such as clarifying statistics released from the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) regarding COVID-19, ramping up the healthcare workforce and access, enabling healthcare providers to fully utilize modern telemedicine, and ensuring that smaller governments are treated more fairly by larger governments regarding water access.

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 Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord), co-chairman of the House Finance Committee, voted to pass Senate Bill 310, which will provide federal COVID-19 relief funding to local governments. Callender acknowledged how this support will go toward areas within the 61^st House District.

State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord), co-chair of the House Finance Committee, met with his colleagues yesterday to hear several bills before the committee. In particular, Callender raised several questions and concerns on the process regarding Senate Bill 310, which seeks to distribute federal COVID-19 funding to local subdivisions through county auditors.

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 Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) joined his House colleagues today in passing House Bill 405, the Family Forward Act, which creates the Adoption Linked Deposit Program to help remove financial barriers for families wanting to adopt. Callender is a co-sponsor of the legislation.

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) and the Ohio State Controlling Board on Monday approved additional federal funding to help protect Ohioans as the state reopens businesses. Funding to assist law enforcement in addressing the medical needs of inmates was also included in the proposal.