Good afternoon, Chairman Oelslager, Vice Chair Manning, Ranking Member Skindell and members of the Committee. My name is Victoria Jackson and I am a State Policy Fellow with Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more vibrant, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio. Thank you
A bill being considered in the Ohio Senate would increase a tax deduction available for college savings. But bigger tax deductions are not the way to make college affordable. Families of many income levels struggle to afford the high cost of college. Affordability solutions based on tax deductions leave too
Today, the Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on legislation that would boost tax deductions for those who participate in CollegeAdvantage, Ohio’s 529 college savings plan. A new report from Policy Matters Ohio shows how the plan fails to address the root causes of college unaffordability and amounts to
Ohio schools will go backward under Governor Kasich’s funding proposal, which does not keep up with inflation. Funding for the Ohio Department of Education from all state sources, including the General Revenue Fund, casino revenues and tax reimbursements,increasesby just 3.2 percent in the governor’s proposal for fiscal years (FYs) 2018
New Policy Matters Budget Bite calls for $180 million more a year With the rising cost of college, Governor Kasich’s 2018-2019 budget calls for a tuition freeze on Ohio’s public universities. But according to a new “Budget Bite” from Policy Matters Ohio, a tuition freeze won’t address the root problem
Public higher education institutions will be stretched thin with Governor Kasich’s budget proposal. He requests a 1 percent increase in State Share of Instruction, the main source of funding the state provides Ohio’s 14 public universities, 24 regional branch campuses, and 23 community colleges for fiscal year (FY) 2018 and
Ohio lost more than 3,000 educators in the decade before ending minimum staffing requirements
Introduction and Summary A recent rule change in Ohio is making it easier to limit children’s access to those essential components of a complete education beyond the traditional subjects of reading, writing, science, math, history and civics. Until last year, Ohio had in place a rule requiring a minimum level
Art often grapples with issues affecting society, so it is no surprise that the theme of student debt is now making its way into music and other art. References to college financing in art help show how pervasive the burden of student debt is in the United States. More than
