COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Three educators’ groups have sued to stop a new law that shifts control of Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System board from educators to political appointees.

The Ohio Education Association, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, and the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors filed the case Tuesday in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

The STRS board has 11 members. Teachers and retirees elect seven members, and state officials appoint the other four.

But lawmakers added four new appointees and phased out four elected members when they passed the state’s operating budget in June.

That means the board will have eight appointed members and three elected members by 2028.

Republicans said the change will stabilize the fund after years of

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