You might recall from our previous communications about the state budget that, during the conference committee process, the legislature added an overhaul of the governance of the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS). This extreme, eleventh-hour change will take away control of the system from elected educators and put it in the hands of political appointees.

We have created this Action Network page for you to email members of the General Assembly expressing your opposition to this egregious maneuver. The legislature must rollback its actions, work with stakeholder groups, and allow for sufficient public input about the future of STRS.

In addition, we want to let you know that we’re working closely with the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) and Ohio Education Association (OEA) on other actions we can take, and we’ll share information about these next steps in the near future.