State board to propose $1 billion more aid for schools

Filed by Associated Press November 17th, 2008 in BREAKING, Top Stories.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state school board is working on a plan that would boost state aid to Ohio’s public schools by an estimated $1 billion a year.

State Board of Education leaders also say school districts wouldn’t have to rely so much on local tax revenue and wouldn’t have to ask voters for tax levies quite so often. Board members aren’t saying where the money would come from.

After a meeting in December, the State Board of Education is expected to formally recommend its proposal to Gov. Ted Strickland, who has made 2009 his deadline year for offering a fix for the way Ohio pays for public schools.

Details of the board’s proposal are coming out as the governor prepares for a series of education forums focused on school funding. The first is Thursday in Columbus.

 


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