State Representative Danny Bubp (R-West Union) has announced legislation he has drafted to add the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program to the Ohio CORE curriculum.

“Without legislative action, Ohio will certainly see a drastic decrease in students joining JROTC, said Bubp. “This decrease will result in a loss of federal funding and scholarship opportunities for our students.”

Currently, students entering the ninth grade on or after July 1, 2010 are required to complete five elective units from the following: foreign language, fine arts, business, career-technical education, family and consumer sciences, technology, agricultural education, English language arts, mathematics, science or social studies.