COAL GROVE — Jamie S. Murphy, a member of the Dawson-Bryant board of education, will serve a one-year term on the Ohio School Board Association’s Legislative Platform Committee as a representative from the group’s southeast region.

Porter is one of five board members from the region who are appointed to serve on the committee.

Annually, the LPC reviews resolutions submitted by member boards of education to amend the OSBA Legislative Platform and makes recommendations to the Delegate Assembly at the annual business meeting in November.

Her appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2020.

The Southeast Region covers 18 counties with a membership of 16 city districts, five exempted village districts, 48 local districts, nine vocational school districts and seven educational service centers, for a total of 85 member boards of education, as well as nearly 400 board members and more than 119,000 students.