Educational Service Center of Central Ohio

The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (ESC) works with school districts and agencies throughout Central Ohio, and its services vary with the needs and goals of each partner or agency. Its purpose is to lead when necessary, support all stakeholders, and seek to share and leverage resources on behalf of its client school districts and partners.
The Ohio General Assembly created educational service centers in 1914 as county boards of education. State law changed boards of education to educational service centers in 1995. The Delaware and Union county ESCs merged in 1993. The educational service centers serving Delaware, Franklin and Union counties merged Jan. 1, 2009.
The ESC of Central Ohio serves 28 area school districts with a total enrollment of about 210,000 students (more than one in 10 children in the state). The provided services vary with the needs and goals of each partner district or agency. The agency totals more than 5,000 employees, including substitute staff.
The ESC of Central Ohio is directed by an elected governing board. Since educational service centers have no legal taxing or bonding authority, they must depend on revenues from member districts, from the state as prescribed by law, through contracted services to districts, and from competitive grants and state funding.

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