How Ohio's proposed budget could change how public schools are funded

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : He said the current funding system is as close to Constitutional as he has seen, but it requires the adjustments districts are asking for. Ohio's public schools are funded using a formula that weighs specific school and district operating costs when calculating state support.
51% : He said public schooling is not for everyone, but public dollars should support public schools first.
49% : Olentangy Superintendent Todd Meyer said H.B. 96 would drop his district's state funding per pupil to about $556 less than the state gives to nonpublic schools per pupil.
40% : As it stands, the bill reduces some state support for public schools, a loss local districts say would be brutal.
40% : The difference between public and nonpublic school funding stuck out to many local administrators.
38% : As public schools in Reynoldsburg face $8 million in budget cuts and those in Marysville hope their third levy in a row does not fail, central Ohio school districts worry they could lose millions more in funding.

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