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Testimony Opposing SB 1 — Shaker Heights Board of Education (Economic and Workforce Development Committee)

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The Shaker Heights Board of Education, with Dr. Emmitt Jolly listed as President and Lora Cover as Vice President, submitted testimony opposing SB 1 to the Economic and Workforce Development Committee. The testimony states that SB1 would rename the Ohio Department of Education to Education and Workforce and shift it to an executive agency. It says the bill would reduce the duties of the State Board of Education to appointments, licensure, employee conduct and transfers. It asks the committee to maintain the current powers of the State Board of Education and to vote No on SB 1.

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                                Testimony Opposing SB 1
                     Submitted by: Shaker Heights Board of Education
                                President: Dr. Emmitt Jolly
                                Vice President: Lora Cover
                              Member: Alison Bibb-Carson
                                   Member: Jeff Isaacs
                                Member: Heather Weingart


Chairman Swearingen, Vice Chair Santucci, Ranking Member Upchurch, and Members of the
Economic and Workforce Development Committee, thank you for allowing us to provide
opponent testimony on Senate Bill 1.

The Shaker Heights City Schools are committed to Equity and Excellence for our students. A bill
meant to stifle the voices of Ohio residents and decrease representation is dangerous to these
very commitments we make to our students, and we do not believe we are alone.

As you know, SB1 would restructure and rename the Ohio Department of Education to
Education and Workforce, deprioritizing education, and shifting the Ohio Department of
Education to an executive agency. This bill would reduce the duties of the State Board of
Education to appointments, licensure, employee conduct and transfers.

Boards of Education depend on our elected State Board of Education to represent the concerns
of the districts we represent. We are not one monolithic community in Ohio. Our constituents
have vastly different needs across the state. Democratically elected representatives allow for
that diversity of thought to be considered. A state run agency does not.

In addition, the new Department of Education and Workforce Development will have no authority
to hold chartered non-public schools or home schools to the standards needed to ensure the
highest level of education is provided to all students. The stakes are too high to lower our
standards.
Once again, politics is being put ahead of education in Ohio. Senate Bill 1 was introduced after
democratically held elections welcomed three State Board Members who prioritize equity. A
centralized committee severs the direct connection our State Board has to our citizens and
undermines democracy.

We ask you to maintain the current powers of the State Board of Education with our eleven
elected State Board members and their appointed colleagues. Vote No on SB 1.

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