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1 of 3: Number of Governor DeWine’s property-tax line-item vetoes that the Ohio House was able to muster the votes to override, out of those they initially targeted. On July 21, the House overrode the veto of Item 66, which eliminates replacement and emergency levies currently allowed under Ohio law, from the biennial operating budget […]
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$60B: Cost of the two-year state operating budget, H.B. 96, signed into law by Gov. DeWine on July 1. The bill includes massive tax cuts for the wealthy that will require deep cuts to public services that benefit everyone. Ohio’s wealthiest 20% of households will reap nearly all the benefits of a flat, 2.75% income […]
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19: Line items in the final version of the state budget bill that we recommend Gov. DeWine veto. First among them is the budget-busting $1.1B flax-tax proposal that would primarily benefit the wealthiest households in the state, and do nothing for those making less than $100K a year. The governor is expected to sign the […]
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$1.1B: Annual cost of the fiscally irresponsible income tax cut proposed in the state Senate’s version of the budget. Tax Policy Researcher Bailey Williams addressed the Senate Finance Committee with one main point: The 2.75% flat tax must be removed from the operating budget. Nearly all of the benefit of the cut (97%) goes to […]
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Subscribe to get the newsletter in your inbox. $645M: New state funding that would be required from Ohio to maintain food assistance for families if the budget passed by the U.S. House of Representatives is enacted as-is. And that’s just to cover SNAP. The House also wants to make the largest Medicaid cuts in history, […]
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1.4M+: Number of students who attend Ohio’s public schools. They need elected leaders on their side — not looking for ways to shortchange them. That’s exactly what the Ohio House is doing with its budget proposal. We’ve reported on the House proposal before, and recently added a new tool for advocates: Factsheets for every state […]
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286K: Number of Ohio students who received special education or related services in the 2023-24 school year. In far too many cases, it takes tireless advocacy by parents and educators to make sure Ohio’s kids get the support they need. Federal threats to special education will only make it harder. So will a House-proposed state […]
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$2.75B: Amount by which legislators in the state House of Representatives want to shortchange Ohio’s kids in the state budget. That means abandoning the Fair School Funding Plan, which for the past two budgets has had Ohio on the path toward a funding formula that wouldn’t violate the state constitution. By stopping short before the […]
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$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. We explain the impact in […]
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$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 agency, but that won’t stop […]
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$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 would see a funding cut under Gov. […]
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$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. As Bailey Williams point out […]