Coalition seeks revamping of Ohio school funding

YOUNGSTOWN —  A coalition of education groups calling for an Ohio constitutional amendment to revamp school funding says it wants to return to the days when the state picked up about two-thirds of the cost of education.

There was a time when the state’s share was at 63 percent, but that has shifted over the years until local property taxes are now covering 65 percent of school district budgets, said Charles Swindler, superintendent of the Western Reserve school district and a coalition member.

Shifting that burden back to the state is one of the goals of the proposed amendment, said Jim Betts, spokesman for Campaign for Ohio’s Future which is pushing the issue.

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