Solon State Rep Trying To Save Education Committee

SOLON, OH — State Representative Phil Robinson filed a bill last week to reinstate the Joint Education Oversight Committee (JEOC), which provides non-partisan analysis of K-12 education in Ohio. The committee is currently set to dissolve on October 1.

“JEOC is in the middle of diving into the state report card, an important issue that greatly impacts schools, communities, and our children in multiple ways. With so many in Ohio dissatisfied with the state report cards but uncertain or in disagreement on what to change about them, it’s crucial the legislature work to solve this is issue. The public hearings and research from JEOC on this issue are critical to helping fix the system and getting it right on the first try,” said Robinson.

An amendment in the state budget, added by the Ohio Senate, led to the impending dissolution of the JEOC. Robinson and his colleague State Rep. Lisa Sobecki, a Democrat from Toledo, are trying to preserve the committee.

Robinson's and Sobecki's bill has not yet been assigned a number or a committee.

“JEOC hearings and research are important to developing solutions to the most difficult education issues, such as school funding, early childhood education, graduation requirements and standardized testing, that are both bipartisan and bring the House and Senate together on crafting legislation," Robinson said.