Ohio State Board of Education

The state is divided into eleven districts by combining three contiguous Ohio State Senate districts, each of which elects one representative. The governor of Ohio appoints the remaining six members. All serve four year terms. The elected members' terms are staggered so that half of the board is elected in each even-numbered year. Vacancies in the elected membership are filled by appointment by the governor. The chairman of the Ohio House of Representatives Education Committee and his or her counterpart in the Ohio State Senate are ex officio members. The board employs a Superintendent of Public Instruction, who runs the Ohio Department of Education.

In 2002, the board, which is largely unknown in the state, was frequently in the news over how the state's model science curriculum should treat the issues of evolution, intelligent design, and creationism.

The board has no control over the state's public colleges and universities, which are overseen by their individual boards of trustees and the Ohio Board of Regents.

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