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School funding preview pt 2 blog image
Commentary
2.1.2023
School Finance

Ohio’s new school funding formula—challenges with the base cost model

Aaron Churchill

In anticipation of debates about school funding in the coming months, I recently began a series on Ohio’s new school funding formula.

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Commentary
1.26.2023
School Finance

Ohio’s new school funding formula: An introduction

Aaron Churchill

In summer 2021, Ohio lawmakers passed a brand-new school funding formula for Ohio’s 600-plus school districts and 300-plus public charter schools.

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Commentary
1.17.2023
School Finance

Ohio should be more transparent about its federal Covid relief spending

Jessica Poiner

Over the last few years, the federal government has sent billions of dollars in emergency funding to states via several relief packages aimed at addressing the impacts of Covid-19.

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Commentary
1.11.2023
School Finance

Three policies Ohio leaders should prioritize in the upcoming budget

Jessica Poiner

As the excitement of a new year dwindles and Ohioans settle back into their familiar routines, policymakers and advocates are gearing up for yet another budget season. Governor DeWine is scheduled to release his proposed biennial state operating budget in just a few short weeks, and by June, a host of new legislative provisions will likely become law.

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Commentary
10.3.2022
School Finance

Teacher compensation compared to other professions

Jeff Murray

Sylvia Allegretto and her colleagues at the union-backed Economic Policy Institute (EPI) have been arguing for over eighteen years that teachers are underpaid. Her latest in a long line of reports on the topic was published in August and follows the same methodology as all previous versions.

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Policy Brief 2 school funding imperatives COVER
Report
9.13.2022
School Finance

School funding imperatives for Ohio’s next budget: Toward a more efficient, productive, and transparent system

Aaron Churchill

Recognizing the importance of an educated citizenry, Ohio taxpayers have made generous investments in K–12 education. In FY 2021, statewide spending on public primary and secondary education reached a record high of $21 billion or $13,300 per pupil.

Policy Brief 2 school funding imperatives COVER
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Commentary
9.6.2022
School Finance

Ohio should help teachers who are buying their own classroom supplies

Jessica Poiner

Thanks to inflation and supply chain issues, back-to-school shopping was an especially tight squeeze for many families this year. But parents aren’t the only ones shouldering the financial burden. Teachers are, too.

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Commentary
8.9.2022
School Finance

About last week’s “emergency” school levies

Aaron Churchill

Last Tuesday, Ohioans finally voted in primaries for state representative and (if applicable) state senator after the traditional spring primary was delayed due to redistricting issues.

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Commentary
7.12.2022
School Finance

The special subsidies baked into Ohio’s new funding formula

Aaron Churchill

Politicians are notorious for handing out subsidies for certain projects and sectors

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Commentary
7.8.2022
School Finance

Ohio needs a well-functioning ACE program to address the enrichment gap

Jessica Poiner

There’s a growing body of <

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Commentary
4.11.2022
School Finance

Ohio’s teacher pension mess

Aaron Churchill

Due to massive financial woes, Ohio suspended cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retired teachers in July 2017.

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Commentary
2.14.2022
School Finance

Ohio’s enrollment slump, and what that means for policymakers

Aaron Churchill

Over the past two decades, student enrollment has gradually declined across Ohio, reflecting demographic changes and out-migration that have reduced the overall childhood population

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Commentary
1.31.2022
School Finance

Ohio needs to better leverage state dollars to support low-income students

Aaron Churchill

For decades, analysts have observed large achievement gaps between low-income children and their peers, disparities that have only widened due to Covid.

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Commentary
1.18.2022
School Finance

EdChoice lawsuit twists the truth about school funding in Ohio

Aaron Churchill

Last week, five school districts filed a lawsuit in the Franklin County courts that attempts to strike down EdChoice, Ohio’s private scholarship program that serves roughly 50,000 school children, many of whom are among the need

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Commentary
12.6.2021
School Finance

Build Back Better’s early childhood proposals will strain state budgets

Aaron Churchill

President Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are poised to continue the federal government’s spending spree, this time through a $2 trillion extravaganza named Build Back Better (BBB). Just before Thanksgiving, the House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of the measure, and the Senate is now mulling possible changes to the package.

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Commentary
9.16.2021
School Finance

Can Ohio solve the school transportation riddle?

Aaron Churchill

Every student ought to have safe, reliable transportation to a school that meets their needs. Recognizing this, Ohio law has long required districts to offer transportation to all resident students in grades K–8 who live more than two miles from their school—whether that’s a district, charter, private, or STEM school.

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Commentary
9.7.2021
School Finance

An overview of Ohio’s new school funding formula, and a look at whether it might stick

Aaron Churchill

At the end of June, Ohio lawmakers passed House Bill 110, the biennial operating budget for FYs 2022–23. It included a new school funding framework that received bipartisan support and was backed by school district officials and teachers unions.

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Commentary
7.6.2021
School Finance

Ohio’s budget bill makes major changes to K–12 education policy

Aaron Churchill

On July 1, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 110, the state’s operating budget for fiscal years 2022–23.

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Commentary
6.29.2021
School Finance

Fordham Institute statement on passage of biennium budget (House Bill 110)

Ohio Education Gadfly

Today, the Ohio Senate and House, each with broad bipartisan support, approved the report of the budget conference committee and sent HB 110 (the biennium state budget) to Governor DeWine for his approval.

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Commentary
6.21.2021
School Finance

Six ideas that conferees should include in the final budget bill

Jessica Poiner

It’s been a busy budget season filled with heated debates over how to revise Ohio’s school-funding formula, testing and

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Commentary
6.16.2021
School Finance

A primer on the Ohio Senate’s school funding plan

Aaron Churchill

Over the past few years, school-funding policy has been at the forefront of Ohio’s education debates.

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Commentary
6.14.2021
School Finance

The Senate’s enrichment ESA proposal could help Ohio eliminate opportunity gaps

Jessica Poiner

Earlier this year, Governor DeWine requested that all public schools create and publish plans to address student learning loss caused by the pandemic.

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Commentary
6.9.2021
School Finance

The Ohio Senate puts educational choice front and center

Aaron Churchill

Across the nation, state lawmakers have been heeding the call for parents to have more control over their children’s education.

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Commentary
6.3.2021
School Finance

Testimony given before the Senate Finance Committee on HB 110—6/3/21

Chad L. Aldis

NOTE: On June 3, 2021, the Ohio Senate’s Finance Committee heard testimony on House Bill 110, the state budget bill.

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Commentary
6.2.2021
School Finance

Media statement on the Ohio Senate’s K-12 education proposals

Ohio Education Gadfly

Today, the Ohio Senate released its version of the biennial state budget (House Bill 110). As a sizeable portion of overall state expenditures, K–12 education funding has rightly been subject to much debate since Governor DeWine and the Ohio House unveiled their budget proposals earlier this year.

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Undefined
5.17.2021
School Finance

Will Ohio hold schools accountable for effectively spending federal relief aid?

Aaron Churchill

Just over a year ago, Congress passed the first

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5.17.2021
School Finance

Testimony provided before the Senate Finance Committee on HB 110—5/17/21

Chad L. Aldis

NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Finance Committee heard testimony on HB 110, the state’s biennial budget.

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5.10.2021
School Finance

Testimony presented before the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee on HB 110 – 5/10/21

Chad L. Aldis

NOTE: Today, the Ohio Senate’s Primary and Secondary Education Co

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Chad Aldis HB 110 Testimony for Senate image
Undefined
5.5.2021
School Finance

Testimony presented before the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee on HB 110

Chad L. Aldis

NOTE: Today, the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee heard testimony on HB 110, the state’s next biennial budget.

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4.22.2021
School Finance

The good, bad, and ugly of the House budget

Aaron Churchill

The Ohio House recently passed its version of the state budget (HB 110) for FYs 2022–23.

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