Policy Matters, NOBLE, CEO Project highlight refundable tax credits for workers and parents Ohio’s tax system is upside-down and backward, catering to the wealthiest at the expense of the lowest-paid, and leaving our state with too little resources to meet critical needs. With heated tax policy debates ongoing in both
State Senate must intervene to increase economic security As Ohioans face growing economic uncertainty driven by chaotic federal policy, the Ohio House has put forward a budget that harms children and parents, underfunds schools, upends programs that stabilize household budgets, and botches an attempt to address rising property taxes. The
$2.75B: Amount by which the budget proposed by Ohio House leadership would underfund public schools in the next two years. The proposal abandons a quarter-century of progress toward fair school funding, sending Ohio back to the days of funding schools based on what politicians want instead of what children need.
The Ohio House of Representatives has released a state budget proposal that will harm Ohio’s children and mothers by eliminating programs to combat maternal mortality; repealing a Medicaid waiver that would help more children access healthcare from birth through age 3; removing a popular child tax credit proposed in Gov.
Budget would underfund schools by $2.75 billion The Ohio House yesterday proposed a state budget that abandons the Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP), providing at least $2.75 billion less than what it will cost to educate the nearly 90% of Ohio students who attend public schools. Policy Matters Ohio details
HB 30 would tax teachers like billionaires and vice versa Ohio’s House Ways and Means Committee today holds its first hearing on HB 30, a bill that would tax the income of everyday Ohioans at the same rate as the state’s wealthiest households. The bill would eliminate the state’s top
$3B+: Amount of annual federal funding Ohio schools rely on to help meet the needs of every student. Much of those funds are administered by the U.S. Dept. of Education, which President Trump has ordered dismantled. As Hannah Halbert notes in her recent brief, he cannot eliminate a congressionally created
District-level analysis details threats to public education An expected executive order from the Trump administration today highlights new threats faced by Ohio’s public-school students, families, and communities, which rely on more than $3 billion a year in federal funding, about 11.6% of public-school revenue, according to a brief from Policy
District-specific data makes the case for Ohio’s delegation to reject federal cuts Federal proposals to cut Medicaid funding will harm many thousands of Ohioans, regardless of the specific policy details, according to a new brief from Policy Matters Ohio. The brief describes a variety of mechanisms federal legislators might use
Hours after the governor’s State of the State address, Policy Matters Ohio Research Director Zach Schiller will deliver testimony to the House Finance Committee on House Bill 96, the biennial state budget. Prepared well in advance of the governor’s speech, the testimony advocates for a litany of policy actions that
$95M: Total cuts to special education funding if the budget proposed by Gov. DeWine passes. A new factsheet from Policy Matters reveals how the Executive Budget manipulates cost estimates and property-tax data to shift responsibility for school funding onto local districts. See if your district is among the 349 that
District-level data available from Policy Matters Ohio’s public school districts will lose more than $103 million in foundation formula funding over the next two years, including $95 million in cuts to special education funding, if the budget proposed by Gov. DeWine passes. A series of factsheets from Policy Matters reveals how the Executive
