Pouring tax dollars into private schools doesn’t work for Ohio kids UPDATE (3/4/25): The original version of this release used out-of-date information about the change in private-school enrollment compared to voucher uptake. The state now reports that enrollment grew by 3,700 students. This means that some 65,000 vouchers went to
$3.8B: Amount of additional funding legislators could raise for public schools, childcare, healthcare and other public services by implementing the six policy proposals that make up our new tax platform. $1.8B: Amount of targeted tax relief legislators could send to Ohioans who need it most by implementing that same plan.
Kentucky’s program could be a model for Ohio Two of Ohio’s neighbors provide case studies in addressing the childcare crisis. Kentucky funds free childcare for childcare workers, while Michigan requires payments from employers and parents to match state funding — a model currently under consideration in the Ohio House and
Last week, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael Holbrook ruled that Gov. DeWine erred in prematurely cutting off federal unemployment benefits to jobless Ohioans and ordered the governor to take action to restore the lost benefits. Gov. DeWine should follow the judge’s order and make good on the benefits he
Policy Matters Ohio’s revenue proposals for the coming budget Policy Matters Ohio has released a platform of six tax policies that, if included in the 2026-27 state budget, would increase funding available for public schools, childcare, healthcare and other public services by more than $3.8 billion while targeting more than
Data recently released by the National Transit Administration show declining state support for Ohio’s public transportation system, despite increasing ridership levels. Policy Matters Ohio’s new factsheet highlights these changes with updates to data from our 2024 report, Ohio public transit needs more state funding to connect communities. The new data
$164B: Amount of federal funds that flowed into Ohio in 2022, excluding COVID-related funding. $128B: Amount Ohioans & Ohio businesses paid to the federal government that year. $37B: Net gain for the state, the 7th-highest in the nation. As the Trump administration maneuvers to cut or disrupt federal funding to
All In For Ohio Kids statement on Gov. DeWine’s budget proposal As hearings on Gov. Mike DeWine’s 2026-27 budget proposal continue before the House Finance Committee, the All In For Ohio Kids Coalition is releasing the following statement about the importance of adhering to the Fair School Funding Plan: When
Takeaways from Gov. DeWine’s final budget Yesterday, the DeWine administration released an overview of its 2026-27 Executive Budget. Absent the full text of the proposal, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert released the following statement about the broad strokes: “Gov. DeWine’s budget proposal includes some potentially helpful ideas for
CORRECTION: Our Jan. 28th statement headlined “Federal freeze could disrupt Ohio budget process, jeopardize critical programs” incorrectly statedthe share of Ohio’s Department of Children and Youth’s budget that comes from the federal government. The nearly $3 billion in federal funding makes up 64% of DCY’s budget. UPDATE: Since our initial
Ohio lawmakers should protect Ohioans and demand clarity from administration *This statement has been edited to correctly state the share of Ohio’s Department of Children and Youth’s budget that comes from the federal government. The nearly $3 billion in federal funding makes up 64% of DCY’s budget. Yesterday, President Trump
Numeric news from Policy Matters ~$1B: Cost of the proposal in Senate Bill 3 to “flatten” the state’s incomes tax. Sound familiar? That’s because legislators rolled out a similar hare-brained scheme in 2023. Hannah Halbert wrote about it on Tax Day that year, and we testified against its inclusion in the state budget. We’re working on a
