Ohio bill would add political parties to school board races, reduce State Board of Education seats

Ohio bill would add political parties to school board races, reduce State Board of Education seats

Ohio lawmakers advanced a bill to add partisan labels to school board races and eliminate all elected State Board of Education seats, shifting the entire board to governor appointments and prompting renewed debate over education governance.

Ohio bill would add political parties to school board races, reduce State Board of Education seats

Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)Ohio lawmakers have brought back up a bill that would add party labels to candidates in local school board elections with a newly added amendment that would eliminate all elected seats on the State Board of Education, making the entire body governor-appointed. The Senate General Government Committee last week heard from supporter…