OH HB153

Candidates for State Board of Education and local boards of education would be nominated through partisan primary elections rather than the current nonpartisan petition process, requiring them to appear on ballots with political party designations

Repeals existing sections (3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, 3513.259) that established the nonpartisan nominating petition process for school board candidates

Moves school board elections from the nonpartisan ballot to the office-type (partisan) ballot, placing them alongside other partisan offices like county commissioner and state representative

Reduces signature requirements for school board candidacy petitions: 25 signatures for local/exempted village boards and city districts under 20,000 population, 50 signatures for larger districts

Takes effect beginning with the next primary election in an even-numbered year held at least 120 days after the bill's effective date