Fair Share?: The Future of Public School Funding in Ohio

For nearly 25 years, Ohio lawmakers have been working on a plan to overhaul the way the state\'s public schools are funded. In early November, Senator Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) and Senator Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) introduced the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan (Senate Bill 376), a companion bill to the previously introduced House Bill 305. The plan aims to keep local tax dollars in school districts by directly funding public, private, and charter students where they are educated. The panel explains.\r\n\r\nThis forum is the Berneice Kerrigan Smith Forum on Education. It is part of the City Club of Cleveland Education Innovation Series sponsored by PNC and Nordson Corporation, with additional support from the Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation. Support for City Club Virtual Forums is provided by the Cleveland Foundation, Bank of America, The George Gund Foundation, KeyBank, PNC, Eaton, Nordson Corporation and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.\r\n\r\n