The eight Ohio Educational Technology Agencies were established over thirty years ago as 501(C)3 non-profit corporations to provide K-12 instructional television services to all Ohio schools as funded by the Ohio Department of Education. State funding authority for the Ohio Educational Technology Agencies was transferred to the Ohio SchoolNet Commission in 1997 by action of the Ohio General Assembly. The mission of the Ohio Educational Technology Agencies has expanded over the years based on state legislation, the service demands of Ohio schools and the evolution of educational technology.

Ohio SchoolNet and Ohio Educational Telecommunications were transformed into a new agency in 2005 called eTech Ohio. eTech Ohio is now the state funding agency for the Ohio Ed Techs.