What changes under Ohio’s new Fair School Funding Plan?
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press
Spencerville High School students enter the gym during graduation ceremonies on May 30th. The recently passed Fair School Funding Plan will change how the funds that Ohio provides districts for each student is calculated.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Advocates for Ohio’s new school funding plan say it should finally provide a level of fairness and reliability that past spending programs lacked.
The Fair School Funding Plan, approved as part of the state budget last month, spends about $12.4 billion this year and $12.6 billion in 2023. At its core the plan changes how the money that the state provides districts for each student is calculated. The new system weighs a district’s expenses to come up with the base per-pupil funding amount.