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Co-Authored by Justin Cook Since early 2020, COVID-19 has been responsible for unprecedented disruptions to the American economy and substantial hardships for countless individuals. The federal government acted quickly bypassing two wide-ranging relief measures in March 2020: the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FFCRA”) and the Coronavirus ...

Co-Authored by Michelle Hillstrom Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion are to a personal credit score as Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (“S&P”), and Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”) are to a school district credit rating. These institutions translate our complex life experiences into a more or less ...

As a former treasurer from the good ole days of a couple of years ago, I can only imagine the headaches you are dealing with. When I read the OASBO updates I think about what is has to be like working kind of behind the scenes as a school business official. But you are doing it as always, playing a major part in keeping education working, Back in ...

Co-authored by Andrew Laskey . A roof needs to be replaced. The heating or air conditioning is not working. The parking lot needs new blacktop. The football stadium field turf or stands need to be replaced or repaired. What options do Ohio school districts have to finance these relatively smaller capital improvement projects that come up from time ...

For the last several months, employers and employees have been navigating new work environments to deal with the uncharted territory in which we now all find ourselves. This "new normal" creates challenges that many of us have not faced before, and the day-to-day processes previously in place had to be modified to allow us to continue to perform our ...