The newspaper says that Hagan has accepted an out-of-state job.  Hagan has not responded to a phone message left by 21 News seeking further comment.

The Dispatch reports that Hagan's resignation takes effect on July 1, and Governor John Kasich will select someone to finish the rest of Hagan's unexpired term on the State Board of Education.

Hagan was elected to the Eighth District seat on the Ohio State Board of Education in November after leaving the General Assembly due to term limits.

A graduate of Ursuline High School, Rep. Hagan worked for 15 years as a locomotive engineer before heading to state government.

According to his bio on the Ohio Department of Education website, Hagan continued to work as an engineer with CSX while juggling his State Board commitments.

Hagan was first elected in 1986 to represent the 53rd House District, which encompassed all of greater Youngstown.

Hagan has characterized himself as a legislator who focused on elevating the priorities of working and middle class families, fighting to retain collective bargaining and other workers' rights.

Rep. Hagan remained in the Ohio House for ten years before being appointed in 1997 to the Ohio Senate. Hagan served the 33rd Senate District, which included all of Mahoning and Carroll, a small portion of Stark and a portion of Tuscarawas Counties. Voters re-elected Hagan to that post in 1998 and 2002 before he returned to the Ohio House in 2006.

Rep. Hagan was re-elected three times to the House, where he served on the House Health and Aging and Transportation Committees, as well as serving as ranking minority member on the House Commerce, Labor and Technology Committee.

Term limits prevented him from running for re-election for a fifth term in the House.