A coalition of progressive groups is coming together to support a that鈥檚 been put into the budget after languishing in the state legislature.
The so-called Fair School Funding Plan uses teacher salaries and property tax valuations that are over two years old. But Steve Dyer with the liberal leaning think tank, Innovation Ohio, says that鈥檚 not a real issue because salaries in it are capped at $95,000 a year.
鈥淭he average teacher salary thing is really a canard that鈥檚 been put forward by folks who frankly want to keep the current system that鈥檚 been failing kids for 25 years, Dyer says.
The coalition, made up of policy experts, community-based organizations, teachers and parents are part of what's being called the, All In For Ohio Kids campaign. One of the groups in that coalition, Policy Matters Ohio, is releasingwhich details what they say are problems with the current school funding system and how this new plan could solve those issues.
Ohio鈥檚 current school funding system has been ruled unconstitutional four times since 1997. The new formula calculates state aid with a formula of 60% property taxes and 40% household income.
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