Ohio Department of Administrative Services
Ted Strickland, Governor 
Hugh Quill, Director

News Advisory

Office of Communications

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES             Media Contact: Ron Sylvester
Aug. 27, 2007                                          Phone: (614) 728-8698
                                                                   Email: ron.sylvester@das.ohio.gov


School Employees Health Care Board and
           Public Schools Health Care Advisory Committee Media Availability (Brown Bag)

(Columbus) – The media are encouraged to attend a lunchtime availability with members of the School Employees Health Care Board and Public Schools Health Care Advisory Committee at noon Wednesday.

The “media brown bag” will be held during an hour-long break of the board’s regularly scheduled meeting. Board President Dr. Stephen Loebs will speak briefly about the board’s history and its future plans. John Sinclair of Mercer Health & Benefits also will be there to answer questions about the so-called Mercer Report which the board is using to help shape its impact on school employee health benefits.

There will be opportunity for questions and answers.

Although lunch will not be provided, members of the media are encouraged to bring their own and spend the lunch hour learning about an issue which has great impact on all school district budgets.
Date: Aug. 29, 2007
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Place: Ohio School Boards Association
8050 N. High St., Columbus


Please visit http://sehcb.ohio.gov/ for information about the board and advisory committee and to read the Mercer Report.


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