All in for Ohio Kids coalition to launch new tool that demonstrates how Fair School Funding Plan benefits each Ohio district

Compares DeWine’s Budget Proposal to a Fully Implemented, Up-to-Date Plan

WHO: All in for Ohio Kids is a coalition dedicated to fair school funding that is made up of the Ohio Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Association of Professional School Employees, Policy Matters Ohio, and the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. 

Speakers will include: 

• Bria Bennett, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Communications Director
• Ali Smith, Policy Matters Ohio, Operations Specialist
• Sharyn Ficyk, Special Education Paraprofessional, member of OAPSE 160, Parma City School District
• Kia Reyes Woodward, Parent in Columbus City Schools
• Matt Cameron, High School Social Studies Teacher, Georgetown Exempted Village Schools, Member of Georgetown Federation of Teachers
• Gina Daniels, American Studies Teacher, Licking Heights Local School District, Member of Licking Heights Education Association

WHAT: A press webinar to launch a new tool that shows how the Fair School Funding Plan will affect each school district. The tool also compares funding under the Fair School Funding Plan to current state funding levels and Gov. DeWine’s proposal. It will also provide some visualizations that will help people imagine what districts could do with additional funding under the Fair School Funding Plan. 

WHEN: Wednesday, March 26, 10:00 a.m. 

WHERE: Zoom. Register here. 

WHY: Four years ago, All in for Ohio Kids pushed state lawmakers to finally fix more than 20 years of an unconstitutional and unfair public school funding system by including the Fair School Funding Plan in the 2022-23 State Budget. The plan was set to be phased in over six years, with the final two in FY 2026-27. Although he said he is implementing the final phases, Gov. DeWine’s 2026-27 Budget proposal fails to use updated cost information. As a result, it would cut $103 million from K-12 public education, including $95 million for students with special needs. 

The coalition will unveil a tool that demonstrates what could be possible if lawmakers decide to fulfill their promise to Ohio’s children and pass the Fair School Funding Plan as it was intended – with an up-to-date formula that accounts for the true cost of educating children of all backgrounds, in all communities and of all abilities.