139. Ohio's plan for funding public schools is broken

Podcast: JUSTUS with Jack & Gonzo · Jack D’Aurora and John Gonzales

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

We’re joined by Bailey Culp of the Ohio Federation of Teachers and Hannah Haubert of Policy Matters Ohio. We discuss why rural districts struggle and what it would take to fix the state’s funding system, which was declared unconstitutional in the DeRolf decision. Bailey and Hannah explain that traditional public schools rely heavily on local property taxes plus state funds and that the state’s share of funding education has fallen from about 47% to roughly 32.2%. The decrease in state funding has resulted in school districts pushing for more local levies and competing for funds with other...