Press Release: Buckeye Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dennis Cauchon

(614) 224-4422 or

Dennis@BuckeyeInstitute.org

November 13, 201

THE GREAT 'CLIPS' ROBBERY

News briefing on eliminating Ohio's unnecessary salon "manager's license" that enriches private cosmetology schools while preventing cosmetologists from earning more money 

COLUMBUS, OHIO--The Buckeye Institute is hosting a news briefing at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 18, at the Ohio Statehouse to discuss a reform that will make it easier and less expensive for hair stylists to work, earn higher wages, and manage hair salons.  The reform would eliminate a special "manager's license" now required to supervise a hair salon.  Ohio is the only state in the country that requires this costly license.

Ohio's private cosmetology schools have fought to keep this unnecessary license, which requires students to undergo 300 hours of training at a cost of $2,000 to $5,000.  Ohio law currently requires salons to have a licensed manager on premise during all hours of operation.

Four legislative co-sponsors (two Republicans and two Democrats) of the bi-partisan reform proposal will speak at the briefing: Sen. Kris Jordan (R-Delaware); Sen. Charleta Tavares (D-Columbus); Rep. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson); and Rep. Alicia Reece (D-Cincinnati).

Also at the briefing:

• The Buckeye Institute will release its report on 31 Ohio license requirements that harm low- and moderate-income workers.

• Hair stylists and salon owners will describe how the cosmetology manager's license harms an occupation that employs 18,000 Ohioans, many of them single mothers

• Legislators will summarize other reforms in SB 213 and HB 227, such as requiring the State Cosmetology Board to release student loan default rates at cosmetology schools

The news briefing will be held in the Museum Gallery on the Ohio Statehouse ground floor at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 18.

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