A bipartisan effort by Ohio lawmakers aims to finally put better oversight and accountability measures in place for JobsOhio, which came to taxpayers’ attention again this month after we learned the agency had provided $60,000 in sponsorship funding to “The Callout,” the podcast at the heart of former Ohio State University President Ted Carter’s “inappropriate relationship” scandal.

According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, state Reps. Justin Pizzulli, R-Scioto County, and Tristan Rader, D-Lakewood, are proposing a bill (which as of this writing is yet to be numbered) that would require JobsOhio to publicly disclose corporate sponsorships and media partnerships on an annual basis.

The measure would require JobsOhio to submit a biannual audit to the state auditor, including details about average salaries and the number of employees earning four times Ohio’s median income.

The corporation is funded through public money — the profits that flow in from control of the franchise for Ohio liquor sales. Yet it has been allowed to operate in the shadows because it was structured as a private nonprofit corporation. Buckeye State residents continue to wonder why it was important to JobsOhio’s organizers to remain untouchable by the state’s public records laws.

Pizzulli and Rader appear to be taking good steps then to at least force some accountability for an agency that SHOULD be responsibly handling public money.

In Pizzulli’s case, he’s seen firsthand the imbalance in the work done by JobsOhio.

“Even after a years-long relationship full of promises, communities like mine have yet to see the job creation or investment they deserve,” he said, according to the Capital Journal. “There must be public accountability and real transparency to deliver results for our constituents.”

Further, “the state’s multi-billion-dollar liquor franchise should be creating good-paying jobs for everyday Ohioans, not catering to the whims of the wealthy and well-connected,” Rader said.

JobsOhio patted itself on the back for disclosing “interactions with entities associated with former Ohio State President Ted Carter.” But Auditor of State Dave Yost was right to ask, on social media, “What other things have not yet come to light?” becauseJobsOhio can decide what it wants to tell us and what it wants to hide.

Ohioans deserve better. It is time for an effort such as Pizzulii’s and Rader’s to get traction in Columbus.