Kelley Williams-Bolar Clemency Hearing is Wednesday

The Ohio Parole Board will hear an argument for clemency in the conviction of  at 9 a.m. tomorrow (July 20). The hearing will be held in Columbus at the office of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, 770 W. Broad Street.

Williams-Bolar, of Akron, was sentenced to 10 days in Summit County Jail and received two years probation and community service for two counts of tampering with records. She was convicted of providing false records to enroll her two children in .

The case was presented to the Summit County Prosecutor by Copley-Fairlawn Schools after an investigator hired by the district discovered that the children did not live with their grandparents, as the mother had claimed.

Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Spokesman Carlo LoParo said the board typically takes about two weeks to issue a recommendation. Ohio Gov. John Kasich "ultimately decides whether he will follow the parole board's recommendation or make another decision," LoParo said.

The governor's decision is final. 

LoParo said if Williams-Bolar does receive clemency, a pardon would be issued by the governor. From there, Williams-Bolar could ask a court to expunge her record or have it sealed.

Williams-Bolar has said she is studying to become a teacher. Certain felony convictions would bar her from obtaining an Ohio teacher's license.

Williams-Bolar will be represented by David Singleton, executive director of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center. LoParo confirmed that the Rev. Jesse Jackson is on the defense witness list.

Gov. Kasich received over petition signatures opposing the Williams-Bolar conviction. In February, the governor instructed the parole board to review the case. Williams-Bolar's story has been debated in the national media, in blogs and on entertainment talk shows including .