OHIO NEEDS ACTION NOW TO SAFEGUARD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS
Here’s what we need to know and what we need to do!
- Ohio schools face the loss of $2.3 billion in state and federal funding—here’s why:
- Due to an Ohio Supreme Court ruling, Ohio will not receive $851 million from Video Lottery Terminals at Ohio racetracks in time to balance the two-year state budget.
- Losing that $851 million could make Ohio ineligible for federal stimulus funds, widening Ohio’s budget gap to about $2.3 billion.
The solution—legislation for a temporary delay in income tax reductions
- Ohio must balance its budget as required by the state constitution.
- Gov. Strickland has proposed to delay a scheduled 4.2% cut in state income taxes for two years, and the Ohio House has passed the plan.
- The tax cut delay will supply $847 million in state revenues avoiding the loss of $1.5 billion in federal stimulus funding.
First, learn the facts. Find out what this issue means to your school district.
Find out the cost to your school district if Ohio cannot re-balance the state budget due to loss of video lottery terminal revenue and the loss of federal stimulus funds.
Explore a district-by-district table of school funding benefits from the Ohio state budget (House Bill 1) and the federal stimulus package.
Ohio Superintendent of Instruction Deborah Delisle explains the consequences for Ohio schools if legislation is not passed to close the budget gap.