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Unpublished Paper
JobsOhio: Don’t let Progress Stand in the Way of Progress
ExpressO (2015)
  • Patrick Martin, University of Dayton
Abstract
In February of 2011, Governor of Ohio John Kasich signed legislation that created JobsOhio. This has been a controversial program based on the method that it was implemented and some of the rules that govern the program.it. In November of 2013, ProgressOhio, a citizens advocacy group, challenged the constitutionality of the program but the suit was dismissed by the Ohio Supreme Court for lack of standing by the plaintiffs. There has been no court decision that adjudicates the program on the merits, only on the jurisdictional standing of a party to a suit that challenged the legislation. To date, only one Law Review article on the constitutionality of JobsOhio has been published. It was from Case Western and published in the Spring of 2012. This comment presented the case that JobsOhio is unconstitutional based on Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution and the prohibition of co-mingling public and private dollars. My comment makes the case that JobsOhio, as a private entity does not violate the Ohio Constitution, and even if JobsOhio was a state-agency, it would be Constitutional.
Keywords
  • JobsOhio,
  • Ohio Constitution
Publication Date
June 7, 2015
Citation Information
Patrick Martin. "JobsOhio: Don’t let Progress Stand in the Way of Progress" ExpressO (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_martin/1/