In a survey released Monday, the overwhelming majority of economists said cuts to public education funding proposed by Republican Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman would dampen the state’s future economic output at the same time that they would increase inequality in an already unequal state. According to the Ohio Supreme Court, the state’s public schools have been chronically underfunded. Over the past several years, the Ohio General Assembly has attempted to address the problem through the Cupp-Patterson plan passed as part of the state budget. Because it was included in the state budget, it wasn’t fully funded, so full implementation will only come if lawmakers approve the third and final phase of funding in the two-year state budget due July 1.
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