Opinion: The case for Ohio’s Fair School Funding Plan

Education is often referred to as the great equalizer, but for decades in Ohio, our system of public education has been undermined by a deeply inequitable school funding system.

In 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court found that the system was arbitrary and grossly unfair and ordered a “complete, systematic overhaul” of the way the state funds our schools. The court emphasized that the overreliance on property taxes to fund public schools violated the only legislative duty explicitly assigned to the General Assembly in Ohio’s state constitution to “secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state.”

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