HB 582 Summary

• Changes school board election terms from four years to two years for members elected on or after the effective date of the amendment, with members currently serving retaining their remaining four-year terms.

• Removes school boards of education from nonpartisan ballot requirements, allowing them to appear on office-type ballots instead and clarifying candidate nomination procedures.

• Modifies appointment procedures for school boards in academic distress, changing term lengths from four years to two years for newly appointed members after the amendment's effective date.

• Updates Ohio's election code definitions and procedures throughout multiple sections to reflect two-year terms for board of education members while maintaining existing procedures for other elected offices.

• Repeals sections 3513.254, 3513.255, and 3513.256 of the Revised Code related to education board nomination petitions.