LOS ANGELES — The outgoing president of Ohio's largest teachers union, the 124,500-member Ohio Education Association, will serve a one-year term on the governing body of the National Education Association.

        Michael Billirakis of Pickerington, Ohio, a Columbus suburb, was chosen in a special election to fill out the three-year term of Eddie Davis.

        National convention delegates chose three new members for the nine-member Executive Committee on Friday in Los Angeles.

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