Proponent Testimony on SB 213
Before the
Senate Government Oversight + Reform Committee
By Katt Marriott
December 9, 2015
Chairman Coley, Vice Chair Seitz, Ranking member Yuko and members of this committee, my name is
Katt Marriott, and I am providing proponent testimony for SB 213. I am a career technical cosmetology
educator and member of the OCCTA representing Ohio Cosmetology Career Teachers Association,
educators in the Ohio Department of Education secondary school districts. The laws governing the
cosmetology industry in Ohio are long overdue for review and updating. SB 213 is a start to that process
and, I believe, will help make life easier for all branches of the cosmetology community.
As such, I am supportive of the provisions in SB 213, but there are a few components of the Bill for
which I will speak to specifically in my testimony.
1. I strongly support the elimination of the manager license. Most career technical programs do
not offer this license as it does not have intrinsic value to our students. Our students achieve
over 1100 hours in cosmetology education, which includes courses on safety and sanitation.
Career technical graduates pass the state licensing exam at the same rate as private school
students who take up to 1800 hours of cosmetology education. Career technical students who
complete our programs and pass their state license exam are prepared to enter the workforce
and are equitable to the private school graduate. This standing rule has an unfair advantage to
the newly licensed career technical graduate. There is no legitimate reason that these students
should be required to take additional courses and pay for another license to work alone in a
salon.
2.
I strongly support additional clinic hours for career technical students who have earned their
license. Currently, career technical students who have taken and passed their state exam in a
branch of cosmetology prior to graduation are not permitted to continue to practice in the
school clinic up to graduation. SB 213 corrects this issue and allows the career technical
cosmetology student to continue practicing in his or her school clinic until graduation in order to
be better prepared for the job market. It only makes sense to allow students to continue to
hone their skills while still students in public school.
For the sake of brevity I will limit my viewpoints to these specific issues. However, I am supportive of SB
213 and will make the Ohio Cosmetology regulations less burdensome to those governed by
cosmetology laws. I strongly support SB 213 and hope that you will support it as well.
Sincerely,
Katt Marriott
Workforce Transition Coordinator
Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center
Proponent Testimony on SB 213
Before the
Senate Government Oversight + Reform Committee
By Katt Marriott
December 9, 2015