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Background

Debe Terhar was elected to the Ohio state Board of Education in November 2011. Her term ends in December 2014.

Terhar represents District 4 in southwestern Ohio, including Cincinnati and Dayton. She lives in Cincinnati.

Terhar, a Republican, was elected president of the state board in March 2011 with the support of Gov. John Kasich and reelected to the post in January 2013. She is president of the Hamilton County Republican Women’s Club and active in the Tea Party movement.

Terhar is a former Montessori school teacher.

Her husband, Louis Terhar, was appointed to an open seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in September 2011 after the incumbent resigned and reelected to the seat in November 2012.

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February 11, 2013

State Board of Education President Debe Terhar Apologizes for Hitler Post

State Board of Education President Debe Terhar apologized today for posting a wrongly attributed quote from Adolph Hitler related to gun control on her personal Facebook page. But the state board voted 10-6 against removing her from her position as president. Ohio Public Radio’s Bill Cohen reports: Democrats demanded Terhar’s resignation, but they didn’t get [...]

January 22, 2013

Liberal Groups Call for School Board President’s Resignation Over Facebook Post

State Board of Education President Debe Terhar is taking heat for a post on her personal Facebook page. Terhar shared a picture of Adolf Hitler along with a misattributed quote that says: “Never forget what this tyrant said, ‘to conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.’” The item came from a conservative page critical of President [...]

September 17, 2012

Why Ohio State Board of Ed Members Debe Terhar, Stanley Jackson Back Mitt Romney

Two Ohio state Board of Education members have been named members of Mitt Romney campaign committees. Their appointments are a sign of the importance of Ohio and, perhaps to a lesser extent, education to the Romney campaign. State Board of Education President Debe Terhar is a member of the National Educators for Romney coalition. The [...]

August 20, 2012

Ohio State Board of Ed Mounting National Search for Permanent Leader

Chrisinplymouth / Flickr The Ohio State Board of Education will hire an outside search firm to help it find a new leader for the state Department of Education. Former state Superintendent Stan Heffner resigned last month after a report by the state inspector general detailed how he inappropriately lobbied for a private testing company last year. Michael [...]

July 11, 2011

State Superintendent Candidate Withdraws, Gets Raise to Stay in Current Position

After one of two remaining finalists to serve as Ohio’s state superintendent withdrew from consideration, the State Board of Education met to interview lone finalist, former Illinois state superintendent Robert Schiller. Board President Debe Terhar said she first learned that Reynoldsburg Superintendent Stephen Dackin was considering withdrawing from consideration at 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon, when [...]

July 10, 2011

State Board of Ed to Interview Lone Superintendent Finalist Monday

First there were three, now only one remains. Reynoldsburg Superintendent Steve Dackin withdrew his name from consideration for the state superintendent job today, the day before the state Board of Education was scheduled to interview him and one other finalist, former Illinois state superintendent Robert Schiller, according to the Columbus Dispatch: In a letter addressed [...]

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