Education Sub-Committee

Facilitates Census awareness for local schools from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as postsecondary education institutions in the area. Work in tandem with Census in Schools program to provide a comprehensive outreach.


Co-Chair: Paolo DeMaria, Executive Vice Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents
Co-Chair: Abdinur Mohamud, Consultant, Ohio Department of Education


List of Sub-Committee Members

Sub-Committee Goals
• Reinforce the census message of accuracy and precision and work in conjunction with the Ohio communications plan in distribution of information and promotional items to students

• Develop a lessons learned document with aid of Census Bureau that can be used to create an accessible use of census awareness in schools, both for students and educators

Outreach Populations
• Students enrolled in higher education institutions
• P-12 students, with emphasis on students under the age of 10
• English-language learners (child or adult)
• Children in poverty

The Census in Schools program: It’s About Us
» Read about The Census in Schools program: It’s About Us here

Census on Campus Initiative
The Census on Campus Initiative seeks to educate, engage, and mobilize college and university students, administration, faculty, and parents so that in the 2010 Census, every individual is counted - once, and in the right place. Read more in this factsheet here.